Questa saga segue il viaggio di una giovane donna che lascia le sue umili origini per cercare la gloria militare come mercenaria. I suoi sogni di gesta eroiche si scontrano con le dure realtà della vita militare, ma la sua determinazione, il suo onore e la sua integrità la spingono avanti. Nonostante le difficoltà e la disillusione, il suo arduo percorso la trasforma in un'eroina leggendaria, destinata a restaurare un trono perduto. È un racconto epico di dovere, coraggio e destino.
Paksenarrion--Paks, for short--refuses her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road and is off to join the army. And so her adventure begins--the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.
Now a seasoned combat veteran, Paksenarrion must seek the fabled stronghold of Luap far to the west. The way is long, the dangers many -- and none can say whether glory or ruin awaits ..
Paks was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father's orders and married the pig farmer from 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