= The_Deed_of_Paksenarrion =

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= The_Deed_of_Paksenarrion =
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Introduction
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'The Deed of Paksenarrion', 'The Legend of Paksenarrion' or the
Paksworld series is an epic fantasy saga by American author Elizabeth
Moon. 'The Deed of Paksenarrion' was originally published in three
volumes in 1988 and 1989 and as a single trade edition of that name in
1992 by Baen. The three books included are 'Sheepfarmer's Daughter',
'Divided Allegiance', and 'Oath of Gold'. 'Sheepfarmer's Daughter' was
awarded the Compton Crook Award by the Baltimore Science Fiction
Society for the author's first fantasy novel.

A single-volume prequel about the life of Paksenarrion's guiding saint
was published in 1990, followed by a sequel tying characters from both
works together.

A new series is set immediately after 'The Deed of Paksenarrion'; it
includes five volumes, released in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014
respectively.

Publications
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The original trilogy and the two Gird-related books were first
published as mass-market paperbacks, before being collected as
trade-paperback omnibus editions. The new series is being published in
hardcover.

''The Deed of Paksenarrion''
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* 'The Deed of Paksenarrion' omnibus (February 1992), hardcover
(October 2003)
# 'Sheepfarmer's Daughter' (, June 1988)
# 'Divided Allegiance' (, October 1988)
# 'Oath of Gold' (, January 1989)
:* "Those Who Walk in Darkness" (March 1990) - short story set during
'Oath of Gold', included in 'Deeds of Honor: Paksenarrion World
Chronicles', as well as in the collections 'Lunar Activity' and
'Phases'

''The Legacy of Gird''
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* 'The Legacy of Gird' (published as 'A Legacy of Honour' in the UK)
omnibus (, September 1996)
# 'Surrender None' (, June 1990) - prequel to 'The Deed of
Paksenarrion'
# 'Liar's Oath' (, May 1992) - sequel to both 'Surrender None' and
'The Deed of Paksenarrion'

''Paladin's Legacy''
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# 'Oath of Fealty' (, March 2010)
# 'Kings of the North' (, March 2011)
# 'Echoes of Betrayal' (, March 2012)
# 'Limits of Power' (, June 2013)
# 'Crown of Renewal' (, May 2014)

''Paksenarrion World Chronicles''
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# 'Deeds of Honor: Paksenarrion World Chronicles' - eight stories set
in the world of Paksenarrion ("Point of Honor"; "Falk's Oath"; "Cross
Purposes"; "Torre's Ride"; "A Parrion of Cooking"; "Vardan's Tale";
"Those Who Walk in Darkness"; and "The Last Lesson") (, June 2015)
# 'Deeds of Youth: Paksenarrion World Chronicles II' - seven stories
set in the world of Paksenarrion ("A Bad Day at Duke's East"; "The Dun
Mare's Grandchild"; "Dream’s Quarry"; "Gifts"; "First Blood";
"Mercenary's Honor"; and "Consequences") (, July 2023)

Synopsis
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The 'Deed of Paksenarrion' was written as one long story, but
published as three separate books.

'The Deed of Paksenarrion' revolves around the adult life of
Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, known as Paks, of Three Firs. It takes
place in a fictional medieval world of kingdoms of humans, dwarves,
gnomes, and elves.

The story begins by introducing Paks as a headstrong girl of 18, who
leaves her home in Three Firs (fleeing a marriage arranged by her
father) to join a mercenary company. Through her journeys and
hardships, she comes to realize that she has been gifted as a paladin,
if in a rather non-traditional way. Paksenarrion works, fights, and
sacrifices herself until she can see the rightful king of Lyonya
established over the opposition of evil forces, or gods, and evil
humans.

Film adaptation
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As of December 2019 Warner Bros. owned the film rights to the books
and planned on production of a live-action feature film.

Reception and analysis
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Suanna Davis discussed the series as one of the examples in her
article on 'Representations of Rape in Speculative Fiction', in the
context of Paksenarrion's backstory as survivor of an attempted rape
from a superior officer as a new recruit, an event that happened in
the first book of the series. Davis argues that when the event is
mentioned later in the book, Paksenarrion's (and the author's)
reference to the event as "it" rather than directly as "rape"
represents an example of "silence from sexual assault survivors" on
this topic, "possibly due to the cultural codes attached to the word".

Jennifer O'Sullivan discussed the series through the lenses of the
feminist theory, concluding that "her work is still largely restricted
by normative notions of gender and heteronormative contexts and
ideals".

External links
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* [http://www.elizabethmoon.com/books-paksworld.html 'The Legend of
Paksenarrion' at Elizabethmoon.com]
* [http://www.paksworld.com/ 'The Paksenarrion World Chronicles']

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