The temporary safety of her enigmatic champion's castle cannot ease Ista's mounting dread, however, when she finds his dark secrets are entangled with hers in a net of the gods' own weaving. But whose? When Ista's retinue is unexpectedly set upon not long into its travels, a mysterious ally appears - a warrior nobleman who fights like a berserker. Ista thinks her little party of pilgrims wanders at will. And someone, something, watches from across that border - humans, demons, gods. Memories linger there as well, of wars and invasions and the mighty Golden General of Jokona. To the north lies the vital border fortress of Porifors. Yet something else is free, too - something beyond deadly. Quite fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion. 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. 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.

1 Lois McMaster Bujold Paladin of Souls 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.Lois McMaster Bujold - Top Books Rating - Read the Best Top Books Rating Read the Best Speculative Fiction Novels Authors Novels by Year Lois McMaster Bujold

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