![]() ![]() ![]() 23)įYI: Bujold has won both Hugo and Nebula awards. This engaging installment of Chalion's mythical history whets the appetite for new marvels yet to come. ![]() Despite an occasional lapse into adolescent angst and spurts of superficial dialogue, high fantasy fans should thrill at Ista's spiritual perils, while horse admirers of all ages should savor even Ista's saddle sores. The gods of her worlds are invented, but the. Paladin of Souls is in the rare sub-genre of fantasy that deals with personal faith. This is obviously a gift, for her writing is some of the best Ive had a chance to read. Ista's romantic quest to save Arhys and his magnetic half-brother, Illvin, teems with equal parts of unearthly magic and down-to-earth quasi-medieval lore. Lois McMaster Bujold is already fairly famous in the science fiction genre, but has recently begun writing fantasy as well. Swordplay and sorcery sweep sensitive, sensible 40-year-old Ista into Chalion's border stronghold of Porifors, where enemy Roknari incursions and demons from the Fifth God's hell threaten Ista's realm, held precariously at bay by the charismatic Arhys dy Lutez. (2001), rich in sumptuous detail and speculative theology, dowager royina Ista Dy Baocia undertakes a pilgrimage to ease her soul-and finds instead that in Chalion, Bujold's handsomely crafted fantasy world ruled by Five Gods "just around some strange corner of perception," a more dangerous fate awaits than she could ever have imagined. ![]()
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