Best Novel, 2004

Paladin of Souls

Lois McMaster Bujold (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 436 pages · First published by Eos

A middle-aged dowager queen, long dismissed as mad, slips away on a pilgrimage to escape her keepers, and the gods she wants nothing to do with have work for her.

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Also on the ballot

IliumDan SimmonsSubterranean, 2003; Eos, 2003; Gollancz, 2003Runner-up
Singularity SkyCharles StrossAce, 2003
Blind LakeRobert Charles WilsonTor, 2003
HumansRobert J. SawyerTor, 2003