Paladin of Souls

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English language

Published April 14, 2003 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-057337-9
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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 …

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Did I cry a little at the end?...yeah, yeah I did.

It's hard to top The Curse of Chalion. I really liked this, despite a few pacing oddities and some heavy-handed spots. Those actually had a whiff of Le Guin, so that's not all bad, I guess. And as an older woman, I very much liked having Ista as a main character.

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La couverture de ce roman prétend que c’est le second tome dans le cycle de Chalion … Même si le personnage de Dy Cazaril est évoqué ici, il l’est de tellement loin qu’en fait, le seul rapport entre ces deux romans, c’est de se situer à peu près dans le même espace spatio- temporel, soit un bon vieux royaume médiéval fantastique en une période de renouveau.

Et cette fois, plutôt qu’un ancien courtisan exilé, on suit les pas d’une reine mère qui fut jadis hantée par la folie mais commence à s’en remettre.

Avant même d’aller plus loin, je tiens à souligner l’originalité du choix de personnage, que ce soit dans le premier tome(1) ou dans celui- ci. Ici, pas de magicien malin et ayant plus d’un tour dans son sac, pas de voleur aux mains agiles et aux pieds de velours, et encore moins de guerrier musclé et à …

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