description: Follow Lois McMaster Bujold, one of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, to a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons. 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 at Valenda. Yet her newfound freedom is bittersweet, and so the road, and escape, beckons. As Ista and her little party of pilgrims wander at will, they are unexpectedly set upon. But a mysterious ally appears, a warrior nobleman who fights like a berserker. 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. What the inscrutable gods commanded of her in the past brought her land to the brink of devastation. Now, once again, they have chosen Ista as their instrument. And again, for good or for ill, she must comply.
language: English
title: Paladin of Souls
titlecomplete: Paladin of Souls (Chalion, #2)
characters: Liss (paladin of Souls), Foix dy Gura, Illvin dy Arbanos, Cattilara dy Lutez, Ista dy Chalion, Ferda dy Gura, Arhys dy Lutez, Chivar dy Cabon
genres: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Romance, Audiobook, Fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Hugo Awards
ratings_count: 24561
series: World of the Five Gods (Chronological), World of the Five Gods (Publication)
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Adult Literature
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks