I really enjoy Maria Snyder's female heroines. They are smart, tough, and often a little stubborn. In her most recent book,
Touch of Power, Avry is all of those things. She has the magical ability to heal people by taking on their illnesses or injuries. She was apprenticed to the Healer's Guild shortly before a plague broke out. The problem was any Healer who tried to cure a plague victim always died. When they stopped trying people turned on them and hunted them down. Even though Avry was only an apprentice they came after her too. She has survived by running and hiding, but her desire to heal always compromises her identity.
