Round the Bend (novel) Round the Bend (novel) Round the Bend is a 1951 novel by Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Constantine "Connie" Shaklin, an aircraft engineer who founds a new religion transcending existing religions based on the merit of good work. It deals with racism, including the White Australia policy, and also with the importance of private enterprise. It was one of the first novels Shute wrote after emigrating from Britain to Australia in 1950. The novel, written in the first person, adopts the voice and eyes of Tom Cutter, an aircraft pilot, engineer, and entrepreneur. The novel starts with Cutter's
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man map to the Dominion Jewel, a legendary stone that provides untold powers in the hands of Gifted or unGifted rulers. Alanna and Coram decide to go after it. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, "The Song of the Lioness". It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight. A newly knighted Alanna leaves the capital to travel among the Bazhir in the desert, eventually becoming adopted by