The Curse of Chalion is a 2001 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. In 2002 it won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus Awards in 2002.
Both The Curse of Chalion and its sequel Paladin of Souls (2003) are set in the landlocked medieval kingdom of Chalion. The Hallowed Hunt (2005) is a prequel taking place in Darthaca, a land to the south of Chalion, several hundred years befo...
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The Curse of Chalion is a 2001 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. In 2002 it won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus Awards in 2002.
Both The Curse of Chalion and its sequel Paladin of Souls (2003) are set in the landlocked medieval kingdom of Chalion. The Hallowed Hunt (2005) is a prequel taking place in Darthaca, a land to the south of Chalion, several hundred years before.
The novel centers on Lupe dy Cazaril, a castillar (knight or minor baron) who returns home to the Royacy (Kingdom) of Chalion a broken man, after being betrayed and spending more than a year as a galley slave in a nearby land. His old noble patroness finds a use for him as a tutor for her granddaughter, the Royesse (Princess) Iselle, sister to the king. Despite his ardent desire to live a safely low-profile life, Caz finds himself drawn into a strange journey of dangers both spiritual and temporal as he seeks to dispel the debilitating...
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