No Man’s Daughter
About
The fate of an orphan girl trying to escape a desert city is strangely and inextricably entwined with that of a young man in a distant land determined to become a paladin. Their stories are linked by an inevitable terror that will change the course of their lives, and perhaps that of the world as well.
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Sadia and her siblings are orphans struggling each day to find food in the harsh city of Osira. On a fateful trip to the bazaar, they witness a horrific ritual take place: the attempted sacrifice of a baby. Sadia intervenes against her better judgment, but her meddling has marked her for death.
In the aftermath, they discover the baby is suffering from a mysterious illness. Sadia and her little brother take the baby and flee Osira with the help of a roguish dwarf and his enigmatic bodyguard in an effort to find help for the infant.
Their journey will take them to faraway lands, introduce them to kindness and cruelty, and reveal a deep secret of the rescued infant's affliction. Ultimately, Sadia will learn that their fates lie not in fortune, but in her very own hands.
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Gideon has long dreamt of swearing the Oath of Weal or Woe and becoming a paladin. But after months of training at Rivenwood Monastery, his confidence wavers on the eve of his final trials, and for the first time, he begins to doubt himself.
The arrival of Archoness Lorica, a legendary warrior of the Holy Order, changes everything. Desperate for soldiers, she conscripts Gideon and his friends into a crusade against the powerful coven of witches who killed her men.
As their hunt leads them into an incomprehensible nightmare, Gideon will learn more about life, courage, and duty than his time training at the monastery could have ever prepared him for.