Title: Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion)
First published: August 7, 1997
Description: Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon follows Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, a young woman who escapes an arranged marriage by enlisting in a mercenary company. As she learns the discipline, hardship, and camaraderie of military life, Paks discovers her strength, courage, and a sense of purpose far beyond what she imagined on her family’s farm. Blending gritty realism with classic high-fantasy elements, the novel traces her journey from naive recruit to seasoned soldier, offering a grounded and immersive portrait of life in a medieval-style army.
Subjects: Fiction, fantasy, epic, Paksenarrion (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy fiction, Mercenary troops, Paksenarrion (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction, general
People: Paksenarrion
Time periods: fantasy medieval