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In ''[[The Curse of Chalion]]'' the story of the Royina [[Ista]], the [[middle-aged female characters|middle-aged]], [[women and madness|mad]], dowager empress, seemed over. ''Paladin of Souls'' tells her story as she figures out how to escape: she takes to the road on pilgrimage.   
In ''[[The Curse of Chalion]]'' the story of the Royina [[Ista]], the [[middle-aged female characters|middle-aged]], [[women and madness|mad]], dowager empress, seemed over. ''Paladin of Souls'' tells her story as she figures out how to escape: she takes to the road on pilgrimage.   


Several times, Ista tells the story of the traumatic & notorious attempt to undo the original curse, and every time the story is retold we learn new details...
Several times, Ista tells the story of the traumatic
 
 
 
[[category:Hugo Award winning novels]]
[[category:Nebula Award winning novels]]
[[Category:Novels]]
[[Category:2003 publications]]
[[Category:Works of fantasy]]

Revision as of 10:20, 1 September 2007

Paladin of Souls is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold.

In The Curse of Chalion the story of the Royina Ista, the middle-aged, mad, dowager empress, seemed over. Paladin of Souls tells her story as she figures out how to escape: she takes to the road on pilgrimage.

Several times, Ista tells the story of the traumatic