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Name: The Deed of Paksenarrion

Full name: The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Moon
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Fantasy, Adventure, Science fiction

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ISBNs:
9780671721046
0671721046

Complete at Last in a Single Hardcover Volume Â¾the Finest Trilogy of Epic Fantasy in a Decade Paksenarrion, a simple sheepfarmer's daughter, yearns for a life of adventure and glory, such as was known to heroes in songs and story. At age seventeen she runs away from home to join a mercenary company and begins her epic life . . . Book One: Paks is trained as a mercenary, blooded, and introduced to the life of a soldier . . . and to the followers of Gird, the soldier's god. Book Two: Paks leaves the Duke's company to follow the path of Gird aloneÂ¾and on her lonely quests encounters the other sentient races of her world. Book Three: Paks the warrior must learn to live with Paks the human. She undertakes a holy quest for a lost elven prince that brings the gods' wrath down on her and tests her very limits. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "Engrossing . . ." Â¾Anne McCaffrey "A tour de force . . ." Â¾Jack McDevitt "Worldbuilding in the grand tradition, background thought out to the last detail." Â¾Judith Tarr "Superlative . . ." Â¾Booklist "Brilliant . . . the excitement of high heroic adventure . . . will enchant the reader." Â¾Bookwatch