TY - BOOK AU - Ryan, Anthony, TI - The Pariah T2 - The covenant of steel SN - 9780316430760 AV - PR6118.Y3523 P37 2021 U1 - 823/.92 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London : PB - Orbit, KW - Quests (Expeditions) KW - Fiction KW - Outlaws KW - Imaginary places KW - Magic KW - Survival KW - Fantasy fiction N1 - Includes Extras with excerpts from Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa and The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (pages 567-592) N2 - The Pariah begins a new epic fantasy series of action, intrigue and magic from Anthony Ryan, a master storyteller who has taken the fantasy world by storm. Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the King's army. Fighting under the command of Lady Evadine Courlain, a noblewoman beset by visions of a demonic apocalypse, Alwyn must survive war and the intrigues of the nobility if he hopes to claim his vengeance. But as dark forces, both human and arcane, gather to oppose Evadine's rise, Alwyn faces a choice: can he be a warrior, or will he always be an outlaw? ER -