The Paladin

A fantasy based in an oriental world. The emperor’s son’s former tutor flees after the death of his master to escape the killing spree of the new regent. Several years later, his solitude is disturbed by a young woman who seeks his training for one purpose: revenge against the regent. This is a low fantasy (no magic) tale that takes a lot of the common male-centric conceits found in standard fantasy novels, replaces the male with a female protagonist, and dumps the plot into an oriental-style world.