num_pages: 144
description: During his youth orphaned thief Faris was flogged at the pillar in the town square and left to die. But a kind old man saved him gave him a home and taught him a profession. Now Faris is the herbalist for the town of Zidar taking care of the injured and ill. He remains lonely haunted by his past and insecure about how his community views him. One night despite his reluctance he saves a dying slave from the pillar.A former soldier Boro has spent the last decade as a brutalized slave. Herbs and ointment can heal his physical wounds but both men carry scars that run deep. Bound by the constraints of law and social class in 15th century Bosnia Faris and Boro must overcome powerful enemies to protect the fragile happiness theyve found.
language: English
title: The Pillar
publisher: Dreamspinner Press