Oath of Gold

Paksenarrion &; Paks for short &; was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father&;s orders and married the pig farmer down the road. Better a soldier&;s life than a pigfarmer&;s wife, and so, though she knew that she could never go home again, Paks ran away to be a soldier. And so began an adventure destined to transform a simple sheepfarmer&;s daughter into a hero fit to be chosen by the gods. Oath of Gold is the climactic final volume of the epic that Judith Tarr calls &;the first work of high heroic fantasy I&;ve seen that has taken the work of Tolkien, assimilated it totally and deeply and absolutely, and produced something altogether new and yet incontestably based on the master. . . .[Moon&;s] military knowledge is impressive, her picture of life in a mercenary company most convincing. I&;m deeply impressed.&;&;A tour de force . . .&;&;Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award Winning author&;Brilliant . . . the excitement of high heroic adventure . . . superbly cast with protagonists and supporting characters that will enchant the reader.&;&;Bookwatch