Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fantasy, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Lang:en
Summary
Omnibus of all three Chalion novels.
The Curse of Chalion (2001)
Paladin of Souls (2003) The Golden General's curse has been lifted from the royal
family and Cazaril can now rest easy and enjoy his new life
with his bride Betriz. However, life for Ista, the Dowager
Royina has not improved. With the death of her mother, the
Provincara, and with her surviving child Iselle now ruling
Chalion from the Capital Cardegross, she is left without
purpose. Her brother's family still think she's mad and aim
to keep her locked up safely to avoid embarrasment, but she
craves freedom and escape and begins to plan how this may
become reality. 2004 Hugo Award
Prince Boleso is dead - slain by a noblewoman he had
intended to defile.
Seeking a position in the royal household, Cazaril is
offered the post of secretary to the Royesse Iselle, the
sister to the heir to Chalion's throne, but his new
assignment brings him face to face with old enemies.
2005 Nebula Award
The Hallowed Hunt (2005)
Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff has been dispatched to the
remote castle of the late, exiled, half-mad royal to
transport the body to its burial place and the accused
killer, the Lady Ijada, to judgment. Ingrey's mission is an
ugly and delicate one, for the imminent death of the old
Hallow King has placed the crown in play, and the murder of
his youngest son threatens to further roil already
treacherous political waters. But there is more here than a
prince's degenerate lusts and the fatal retribution it
engendered. Boleso's dark act, though unfinished,
inadvertently bestowed an unwanted mystical "gift" upon
proud, brave Ijada that must ultimately mean her doom - a
curse similar to one with which Ingrey himself has been
burdened since boyhood.
A forbidden spirit now inhabits the soul of Ijada,
giving her senses she never wished for and an obligation no
one sane would desire. At once psychically linked to the
remarkable lady and repelled by what she carries within,
Ingrey fears the havoc his own inner beast could wreak while
on their journey, as he fights a powerful growing
attraction... and an equally powerful compulsion to kill.
The road they travel together is beset with dangers -
and though duty-bound to deliver Ijada to an almost certain
execution, Ingrey soon realizes that she is the only one he
dares trust. For a malevolent enemy with designs on a
troubled kingdom holds Ingrey in his sway - and without
Ijada's aid and love, the haunted lord will never be able to
break free and realize the great and terrible destiny
bestowed upon him by the gods, the damned, and the dead.