title: Running with Swords: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Irrepressible Canadian Fencing Champion
author: Sherraine MacKay
description: Sherraine MacKay is not just another athlete, and Running with Swords, is not just another sports book. MacKay is able to see the irony and humour in a life pursuing athletic excellence. Whether staying in youth hostels to save money or using her broken Spanish to inadvertently threaten a bank teller, McKay brings the reader along on her journey of self-discovery. Her intelligence, insight and quirky way of viewing the world are surpassed only by her humour. Who knew the world of a world-class fencer could be so inspiring and so funny? I found myself laughing out loud. (Robin Brown, The Inside Track, CBC Radio)<br /><br />Sherraine MacKay is a Canadian sports hero. She gives us insight into who she is as a person, educates us all on a sport that is building in Canada, and also tells us the successes and setbacks of a Canadian champion pursuing her Olympic dream. Every athlete has spent her life challenging themselves, wearing the maple leaf, and daring to represent this great country that we call home. Sherraine has done all of that and she tells us her story with humour, emotion, and most of all, truth. (Catriona Le May Doan)
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  The Trials of
  
  
  a Modern
  
  
  Paladin
  
  
  Vol: 2
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By: Kevin Culp
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I watched as Christina's sword parried the club of a charging ratkin. The
  force of the blow was jarring to her arm, but she maintained a firm grip and
  followed up with a thrust of her own after deflecting the attack. As her sword
  pierced the creature's shoulder, it let out a high-pitched squeak and took a
  few steps back. Another attacker was sneaking up behind her, and just as I was
  about to call out to warn her, she pivoted on the ball of her foot and whirled
  around to face the new threat. The ratkin she had stabbed in the shoulder
  moved back in as if to flank her, but Phillip stepped into the path and the
  two fought back to back.
  
  
  It had only been about two months since I had started teaching them to fight,
  but Christina and Phillip seemed to have a knack for it. The other's I was
  training had also improved, but what made these two stand out was their
  adapt