Proud, poor, beautiful, her flaming red hair cascading onto her shoulders, Agnes de la Fere faces an arranged marriage to a brutal husband in 16th Century France. Cutting short the ceremony with a dagger-stroke, Agnes flees to escape her abusive father and follow the guidon of Guiscard de Clisson, a mercenary captain bound for the warring states of Renaissance Italy. AgnesÕ instinctive skill in combat wins her the name of Dark Agnes, Sword Woman. Contains "Sword Woman" and the non-Agnes historical adventure "Red Blades in Black Cathay".