03916cam a2200433 4500 235315589 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780061748905 0061748900 B000FC138Q Amazon cb770225-bc77-46ed-bad2-dcc0fa4b555d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 38861 OverDrive (Product ID) 38861 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bujold, Lois McMaster. Paladin of Souls [Libby] : Curse of Chalion Series, Book 2. HarperCollins, 2009. Epic. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1465kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Fiction. “Compelling characters and richly detailed world building make this a strong addition to fantasy collections.”. Library Journal. HTML: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. <p>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 her land to the brink of destruction. And now the road — escape — beckons. . . . A simple pilgrimage, perhaps. Quite fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion.</p> <p>Yet something else is free, too — something beyond deadly. To the north lies the vital border fortress of Porifors. Memories linger there as well, of wars and invasions and the mighty Golden General of Jokona. And someone, something, watches from across that border — humans, demons, gods.</p> <p>Ista thinks her little party of pilgrims wanders at will. But whose? When Ista's retinue is unexpectedly set upon not long into its travels, 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.</p> <p>In her dreams the threads are already drawing her to unforeseen chances, fateful meetings, fearsome choices. 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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Nebula Award. Hugo Award. Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Winner - Best Book. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=cb770225-bc77-46ed-bad2-dcc0fa4b555d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/CB7/702/25/PaladinofSouls.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=CB770225-BC77-46ED-BAD2-DCC0FA4B555D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/CB7/702/25/PaladinofSouls.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=CB770225-BC77-46ED-BAD2-DCC0FA4B555D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/CB7/702/25/PaladinofSouls.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=CB770225-BC77-46ED-BAD2-DCC0FA4B555D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)