''Maiden of Pain'' is a fantasy novel by

Kameron M. Franklin Kameron is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Czersk, east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital ...

, set in the world of the

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, and based on the ''

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'' role-playing game. It is the third novel in "The Priests" series. This novel was the subject of the 2003

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novel Open Call. It was published in paperback in June 2005 ().

Plot summary

''Maiden of Pain'' tells the tale of a priestess of

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Publication history

Kameron Franklin was chosen from more than 500 writers to author a novel for the Forgotten Realms fiction line, with the resulting ''Maiden of Pain'' released in June 2005.

Reception

References

{{D&D topics 2005 American novels Forgotten Realms novels