Stand My Ground
The Warden (The Warden, volume 1)
By Daniel M. Ford
9 Apr, 2024
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2023’s The Warden is the first volume in Daniel M. Ford’s The Warden secondary universe fantasy series.
Aelis de Lenti un Tirraval is a high-achieving academic who is confident that she will receive a high-status first assignment as Warden. To her great vexation, she is assigned to serve in Lone Pine, a rural community barely large enough to warrant a name. She will serve as law enforcement and general problem solver.
She could turn down the post, but this would mean abandoning the career towards which she had worked so hard. Aelis accepts her assignment.
At least Lone Pine is small and isolated, unlikely to attract magical threats. Right?