**edited 12/04/13 
 Paladin of Souls is a fantastic story, a tale of reluctant saints and enigmatic gods, of isolation and reconciliation and redemption. In the first novel in the series, The Curse of Chalion, we followed the journey of the ever-forgiving, ever-noble, and ever-self-sacrificing Lupe dy Cazaril. In this story, which takes place a few years later, we take up the tale of the far more imperfect Ista dy Chalion. 
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