Way of the Argosi
by Sebastien de Castell
audiobook read by Kristin Atherton (Hot Key, 2021)
De Castell crafts an origin story for Ferius Parfax that weaves her identity from formative role models yet plunges her also into persecution, suffering and misery (uncomfortably deep, for all that these herald her metamorphosis). Durrall Brown proves a worthy Argosi mentor.