Paladin Of Souls (Winner Of Nebula & Hugo Awards)

Description: Lois McMaster Bujold has won the Hugo award four times, and the Nebula award twice. This is her second epic fantasy and the sequel to Curse of Chalion. The Golden General's curse has been lifted from the royal family and Cazaril can now rest easy and enjoy his new life with his bride Betriz. However, life for Ista, the Dowager Royina has not improved. With the death of her mother, the Provincara, and with her surviving child Iselle now ruling Chalion from the Capital Cardegross, she is left without purpose. Her brother's family still think she's mad and aim to keep her locked up safely to avoid embarrasment, but she craves freedom and escape and begins to plan how this may become reality. Review: 'Fresh, intriguing, and as always from Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.' Robert Jordan, New York Times best selling author of The Wheel of Time Series 'Bujold continues to prove what marvels genius can create out of basic space operatics.' Booklist 'This is one of the great ones.' Science Fiction Chronicle Author Biography: Lois McMaster Bujold was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1949. She started writing in 1982, and sold her first story to Twilight Zone in 1985. Her fourth novel, Falling Free, won Lois her first Nebula. The Mountains of Mourning also went on to win both Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novella of 1989, and The Vor Game and Barrayar won Hugos for best novel in 1991 and 1992. All her titles have been translated into fourteen languages (so far). She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota,with her two children, Anne and Paul.