{"id":27492,"date":"2026-09-07T20:25:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27492"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:48:00","slug":"paladins-faith-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27492","title":{"rendered":"Paladin’s Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paladin’s Faith<\/em><\/a> (2021) T. Kingfisher<\/a> (The Saint of Steel #4)<\/p>\n

\"Paladin's<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently one of the problems they had solved was bribery. You couldn\u2019t bribe a Rat-priest. (Well, you probably could, but only by offering to donate the money to the poor.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stabbing a man in the kidneys was a remarkably good way to make him think about his life choices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In all the tragic novels and epic poems that he had read over the years, the key was that the heroes doomed themselves by their own flaws. That\u2019s why it\u2019s a tragedy. Otherwise it\u2019s just a poem where people die.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Marguerite Florian, Shane, Bishop Beartongue, Rigney, Wren (Lady of Sedgemoor), Grace, Stephen, Lady Silver, Foster, Ramsey, Sir Xavier, Davith, Lady Sancha, Sylla, Ossien, Lady Coregator, Fenella, Baron Maltrevor, Ammy, Lord Nallan, Ashes Magnus, Wisdom, Erlick, Jorge, Judith, Sir, Reynaud, Kasha, Burnet, Gwen<\/p>\n

Publisher: Red Wombat Studios<\/p>\n

Rating: \/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paladin’s Faith (2021) T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel #4) Apparently one of the problems they had solved was bribery. You couldn\u2019t bribe a Rat-priest. (Well, you probably could, but only by offering to donate the money to the poor.) 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