The Paladin

C.J. Cherryh

Baen, Jan 1, 2002 - Fiction - 400 pages

Now betrayed by the Emperor he once protected, master swordsman Saukendar leaves the way of the sword behind him forever--so he thinks. When a headstrong peasant girl burning to avenge her murdered family demands that he train her, Saukendar is faced with a momentous choice. Send Taizu away, never see her again--or join her and destroy the tyrant who has nearly destroyed them both.

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 7
• Section 3: 21

About the author

A multiple award-winning author of more than thirty novels, C. J. Cherryh received her B.A. in Latin from the University of Oklahoma, and then went on to earn a M.A. in Classics from Johns Hopkins University. Cherryh's novels, including Tripoint, Cyteen, and The Pride of Chanur, are famous for their knife-edge suspense and complex, realistic characters. Cherryh won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1977. She was also awarded the Hugo Award for her short story Cassandra in 1979, and the novels Downbelow Station in 1982 and Cyteen in 1989.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Paladin
• Author: C.J. Cherryh
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Baen, 2002
• ISBN: 0671318373, 9780671318376
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Fantasy / Historical