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Myth & Legend Fiction

Paladin of Souls

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  • 2003 first published
  • 436 pages
  • ★ 4.1 (21 ratings)
  • 18 editions
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Paladin of Souls is a 2003 mythic fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. Readers will find themes of Hugo Award Winner and queens.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.1 out of 5 from 21 ratings, and 30 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 3 languages.

At about 436 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Paladin of Souls

E-Book Extras: ONE: The Keys to Chalion: A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things; TWO: Chalion MiscellanyIt's been three years since the curse was lifted, but Ista dy Baocia, Dowager Royina of Chalion, holds a dark secret: she was responsible for the destruction of Chalion years ago. When her kingdom is threatened once again, Ista must defend her homeland, and her soul.One of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold transports us once more to a dark and troubled land and embroils us in a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.Three years have passed since the widowed Dowager Royina Ista found release from the curse of madness that kept her imprisoned in her family's castle of Valenda. Her newfound freedom is costly, bittersweet with memories, regrets, and guilty secrets -- for she knows the truth of what brought her land to the brink of destruction. And now the road -- escape -- beckons. . . . A simple pilgrimage, perhaps. Quite fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion.Yet something else is free, too -- something beyond deadly. To the north lies the vital border fortress of Porifors. Memories linger there as well, of wars and invasions and the mighty Golden General of Jokona. And someone, something, watches from across that border -- humans, demons, gods.Ista thinks her little party of pilgrims wanders at will.
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  • Hugo Award Winner
  • Fantasy
  • Queens

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Who wrote Paladin of Souls?

Paladin of Souls was written by Lois McMaster Bujold and first published in 2003.

What genre is Paladin of Souls?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction.

How long is Paladin of Souls?

The median edition has 436 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Paladin of Souls?

Readers who like it often enjoy American Gods, The Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters.

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