Oath of Swords and Sword Brother

Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off . . .

Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He's no knight in shining armor. He's a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own to deal with: a violated hostage bond, a vengeful prince, a price on his head. He doesn't want to mess with anybody else's problems, let alone a god's. Let alone the War God's! So how does he end up a thousand leagues from home, neck-deep in political intrigue, assassins, demons, psionicists, evil sorcery, white sorcery, dark gods, good gods, bad poets, greedy landlords, and most of Bortalik Bay? Well, it's all the War God's fault. . . .

PLUS
A brand new 50,000 word novella, Sword Brother

Cover Art by Larry Elmore
Maps by Eleanor Kostyk

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, January 2007

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weber, David, 1952-
  Oath of swords / by David Weber.
       p. cm.
  ISBN 1-4165-2086-4 (trade pbk.)
  I. Title.
  PS3573.E217O34 2007
  813'.54--dc22

2006030272

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2086-3
ISBN-10: 1-4165-2086-4

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