Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
Eos (2005) ISBN: 0-06-057462-3
Score: 2
Third Chalion book, though it takes place in a different country and likely a couple hundred years earlier. The hallow king (why is this never capitalized?) is dying, his son (who dabbled in the ancient arts of transferring animal souls to humans) has just been killed by a young woman he tried to force his attentions on, and Ingrey (who had a wolf soul forced on him in his youth) has been ordered resolve things "discretely". Then things get complicated. Can be read first, though the pantheon isn't expained very well. The plot has some similarities to Curse of Chalion, which I liked a little better.
Eos (2005) ISBN: 0-06-057462-3
Score: 2
Third Chalion book, though it takes place in a different country and likely a couple hundred years earlier. The hallow king (why is this never capitalized?) is dying, his son (who dabbled in the ancient arts of transferring animal souls to humans) has just been killed by a young woman he tried to force his attentions on, and Ingrey (who had a wolf soul forced on him in his youth) has been ordered resolve things "discretely". Then things get complicated. Can be read first, though the pantheon isn't expained very well. The plot has some similarities to Curse of Chalion, which I liked a little better.