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[[File:200px-CherryhPaladin1stPB.jpg|frame|Cover of the first edition]]
 
'''[[The Paladin']]'' is a 1988 stand-alone [[Low Fantasy]] novel by [[C. J. Cherryh]], better known for her science fiction. In a land resembling [[Imperial China|medieval China]] in some ways and similar-period Japan in others, young pig-keeper Taizu shows up at the door of legendary, exiled swordsman Master Saukendar, seeking martial training so that she can exact [[Revenge]] on those who killed her family. Saukendar has turned down every hopeful who's ascended his mountain to disturb his exile, but Taizu is determined to be the exception.
 
Saukendar isn't all he's cracked up to be, and yet he is; a lot of the story is about the inner man, Shoka, versus the outer legend, Saukendar. The story is largely told from his perspective, and we watch as Taizu changes him just as much as he changes her.
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