To Best the Boys

In the province of Caldon, women are trained in wifely duties and men are encouraged into collegiate education. Every year the residents of Pinsbury Port receive a letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University. Every year Rhen Tellur opens it to see if she can derive which substances the ink and parchment are created from. When Pinsbury Port falls prey to a deadly disease, Rhen and her cousin Seleni decide to take the future into their own hands. Donning disguises, they enter the labyrinth, planning to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize. -- adapted from jacket