Summer reading: Fighting for the righteous in 'Bane of All Things,' by Leo Valiquette

Lieut. Ryn Ruscroft is a soldier — a palatar — sworn to serve the all-powerful church of the land, the Holy Clerisy. His oath to serve and obey has come into conflict with his conscience and left innocent people dead. As penance, he is being shipped off to a remote abbey to join its garrison. This is, in truth, a prison sentence which few survive. We join Ryn en route to this new posting as the ship takes on a mysterious new passenger who is also condemned to the abbey. Some say she’s cursed. Others call her a witch. Bane of All Things takes place in a fictional fantasy world roughly comparable to 17th-century Europe. Read More