Sheepfarmers Daughter

 Book One of The Deed of Paksenarrion, it tells the story of Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter, also known as Paks.  Rejecting her fathers plans for her, Paks leaves home, intent on a life as a solider. Travelling across country, she makes her way to a village where she signs up with the mercenary company of Kieri Phelan.

Most of the book revolves around her training as a soldier, and the relationships that Paks forms, with her comrades, the mercenary captain Kieri Phelan, and pivotal meetings with the Paladins of Gird, fighters who have gone beyond the role of the ordinary soldier, becoming knights dedicated to the path that Gird has set out for them.

The Paladins see the potential in Paks, and also that she has a hard road to travel.  The mercenary company takes many jobs, and Paks learns to deal with her position in the company, as well as loss, when some of her new friends are killed in battle.

Publishing Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Baen; Original edition (June 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671654160
• ISBN-13: 978-0671654160
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches

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100	|a Moon, Elizabeth.
245	|a Sheepfarmer’s daughter / |c Elizabeth Moon.
260	|a New York : |b Baen Books, |c 1988.
300	|a 506 p. : |b map ; |c 18 cm.
490	|a The Deed of Paksenarrion ; |v bk. I
520	|a In the first book in the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, a young women named Paksenarrion opts to leave home and join the army rather than agree to the marriage her father has arranged for her.
650	|a Fantasy fiction.
655	|a Fantasy fiction. |2 gsafd
830	|a Deed of Paksenarrion ; |v bk. I.

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Wikipedia - The Deed of Paksenarrion