Added by 3 members
The tide of battle has turned. In a magnificent feat of maneuvering, Parno McLeod has lured his enemy into an ambush that has left the Imperial Army with half its strength dead or dying and all of its material support destroyed. And yet, the remaining Imperial Army on Soulan soil still numbers over one hundred and fifty thousand men. Men who are now angry and hungry, which is a dangerous combination. Plans that Parno has developed since his ascension to Marshal are finally coming together as highly trained reinforcements arrive at the front, along with rested and refit units that had been pulled from battle due to losses. Everything seems to be leaning in Parno's favor for once.
But the Imperial Army is still there, before him, and Parno wants nothing so much as to tear that army into shreds and have it simply disappear, as if Soulan herself opened up and swallowed them without a trace left behind. So, he hatches one final campaign to ensure that happens. To entrap the remnants of the great Imperial Army and grind them to dust and ash, even as those around him warn that such things are not to be undertaken lightly. Parno hears them, but will not turn away from this final battle. Yet things are already in motion that may make his actions not only desirable, but necessary. Those same events may change his entire plan. And one bit of news will change his entire life. For better or worse, Parno McLeod is about to ride into history. But will it be as a savior to his people? Or as a butcher of a beaten army. And will either choice make any difference to those who see him as a hero?
The population has grown again over the last centuries, but the world has not regained its lost knowledge or former glory. A few things survive, here and there, and scholars seek to uncover more of their Ancients lost technology. But in the midst of that comes the threat of war with a rival nation. The latest in a long line of such wars for the Kingdom of Soulan.
Enter Parno McLeod, third son of King Tammon McLeod, who is unloved by his family and laughed at by the nobility. A brawling, drinking, womanizing playboy still in his teens, the common soldiers and people love Parno because he doesn't preen and pretend and Parno loves his people and his Land, even though he doesn't love his family.
When sent away by his family on an impossible mission, can young Parno overcome the odds and become the prince that destiny intends him to be?
Genre: Thriller
But the Imperial Army is still there, before him, and Parno wants nothing so much as to tear that army into shreds and have it simply disappear, as if Soulan herself opened up and swallowed them without a trace left behind. So, he hatches one final campaign to ensure that happens. To entrap the remnants of the great Imperial Army and grind them to dust and ash, even as those around him warn that such things are not to be undertaken lightly. Parno hears them, but will not turn away from this final battle. Yet things are already in motion that may make his actions not only desirable, but necessary. Those same events may change his entire plan. And one bit of news will change his entire life. For better or worse, Parno McLeod is about to ride into history. But will it be as a savior to his people? Or as a butcher of a beaten army. And will either choice make any difference to those who see him as a hero?
The population has grown again over the last centuries, but the world has not regained its lost knowledge or former glory. A few things survive, here and there, and scholars seek to uncover more of their Ancients lost technology. But in the midst of that comes the threat of war with a rival nation. The latest in a long line of such wars for the Kingdom of Soulan.
Enter Parno McLeod, third son of King Tammon McLeod, who is unloved by his family and laughed at by the nobility. A brawling, drinking, womanizing playboy still in his teens, the common soldiers and people love Parno because he doesn't preen and pretend and Parno loves his people and his Land, even though he doesn't love his family.
When sent away by his family on an impossible mission, can young Parno overcome the odds and become the prince that destiny intends him to be?
Genre: Thriller
Visitors also looked at these books
Used availability for N C Reed's Parno's Gift