Paladin of Souls
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4.3 • 12 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Ista, Chalion's dowager royina recently released from a long-standing curse, undertakes a pilgrimage with, among others, an impious priest and a horse-woman turned handmaiden. The journey and its many challenges and discoveries change Ista's life. This wise novel about love, loss, and life's many mysteries, set against the backdrop of a world with demons and 5 gods -- won both the Hugo and Nebula Award for Best Novel. This novel can be read as a stand-alone but it's well worth the time to read all three novels in Bujold's series: THE CURSE OF CHALION, PALADIN OF SOULS, and THE HALLOWED HUNT.
"This sequel to "The Curse of Chalion" (2001), [is] rich in sumptuous detail and speculative theology... This engaging installment of Chalion's mythical history whets the appetite for new marvels yet to come."
- Publisher's Weekly
“A well-paced and exciting book, PALADIN [OF SOULS] is a perfect blend of might, magic, and character development.”
- Library Journal
“Bujold is not just a master of plot, she is a master of emotion.”
- SF Site
“Bujold is one of the best writers of SF adventure to come along in years.”
- Locus Magazine
“A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.”
- Rave Reviews
"Boy, can she write!"
- Anne McCaffrey
“Bujold has a gift, nearly unique in science fiction, for the comedy of manners.”
- Chicago Sun Times
Bujold's "work remains among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF."
- Publishers Weekly
"Bujold is also head and shoulders above the ruck of current fantasists as well as science-fictionists."
- Booklist
Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series. In 2020, Bujold received the Damon Knight Grand Master Memorial Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. www.dendarii.com
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this sequel to The Curse of Chalion (2001), rich in sumptuous detail and speculative theology, dowager royina Ista Dy Baocia undertakes a pilgrimage to ease her soul and finds instead that in Chalion, Bujold's handsomely crafted fantasy world ruled by Five Gods "just around some strange corner of perception," a more dangerous fate awaits than she could ever have imagined. Swordplay and sorcery sweep sensitive, sensible 40-year-old Ista into Chalion's border stronghold of Porifors, where enemy Roknari incursions and demons from the Fifth God's hell threaten Ista's realm, held precariously at bay by the charismatic Arhys dy Lutez. Ista's romantic quest to save Arhys and his magnetic half-brother, Illvin, teems with equal parts of unearthly magic and down-to-earth quasi-medieval lore. Despite an occasional lapse into adolescent angst and spurts of superficial dialogue, high fantasy fans should thrill at Ista's spiritual perils, while horse admirers of all ages should savor even Ista's saddle sores. This engaging installment of Chalion's mythical history whets the appetite for new marvels yet to come. Author tour. FYI:Bujold has won both Hugo and Nebula awards.
