Paladin of Souls (2003) (edit title/settings)

Characters edit see section history

• Ista: Royina to the late roya

Quotes edit see section history

• “Who am I, when I am not surrounded by the walls of my lfe? When they have all fallen into dust and rubble.”

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• slowing—“in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain’s peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding.”

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• We are all of us, every one, our own works; we present our souls to our Patrons at the ends of our lives as an artisan presents the works of his hands.”

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• It is imperfect. So are all things trapped in time. You are brilliant, nonetheless. How fortunate for Us that We thirst for glorious souls rather than faultless ones, or We should be parched indeed, and most lonely in Our perfect righteousness. Carry on imperfectly, shining Ista.

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• You cannot push back the darkness with reason. You have to use fire.

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• “Your Father calls you to His Court. You need not pack; you go garbed in glory as you stand. He waits eagerly by His palace doors to welcome you, and has prepared a place at His high table by His side, in the company of the great-souled, honored, and best-beloved. In this I speak true. Bend your head.”

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• “I offer you an honorable new beginning. I do not guarantee its ending. Attempts fail, but not as certainly as tasks never attempted.”

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• How like a man, to change from mask to mask like a player, concealing all intention, yet leave his heart out on the table, carelessly, unregarded, for all to behold.

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• Mad enough to wish for what she was not mad enough to grasp—now there was a singularly useless lunacy.

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• “The gods may forgive Ista all day long. But if Ista does not forgive Ista, the gods may go hang themselves.”

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• She did not want to be responsible for them. I had no luck with sons. Yet loyalty must run two ways, or else become betrayal in the egg.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Baocia
• Valenda
• Porifors
• Caribastos
• Hueltar
• Lord Illvin
• Tolnoxo
• Cardegoss
• Ibran
• Taryoon
• Vinyasca
• Cazaril
• Provincara
• Casilchas
• Gabon
• Lord Arhys
• Zangre
• Jokona
• Rolmari
• Sera
• Gotorget

First Sentence edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Roya: King
• Royina: Queen
• Royse: Prince
• Royesse: Princess

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Curse of Chalion, and followed by The Hallowed Hunt.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lois McMaster Bujold (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Hugo (2004: Best science fiction novel)
• Nebula (2004: Best Novel, #1)
• Locus Fantasy Award (2004: Best Fantasy Novel)
• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2004: Adult Literature, Finalist)