Finished "Oath of Swords", by David Weber; the first book in the "War God" fantasy series. Baen description:
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Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He's no knight in shining armor. He's a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own to deal with: a violated hostage bond, a vengeful prince, a price on his head. He doesn't want to mess with anybody else's problems, let alone a god's. Let alone the War God's! So how does he end up a thousand leagues from home, neck-deep in political intrigue, assassins, demons, psionicists, evil sorcery, white sorcery, dark gods, good gods, bad poets, greedy landlords, and most of Bortalik Bay Well, it's all the War God's fault. . . .
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David Weber's best known for his military SF, of course, but I must say I was very pleasantly surprised by this fantasy novel of his. Truly excellent, and highly recommended. Although it's the first book in a series, it can be read as a completely standalone novel. Really very, very good indeed. It's available from the Baen Free Library.
The paid-for version of the book, which is what I read, also contains a (long) novella called "Sword Brother", set in the same universe, which was also very enjoyable. This isn't included in the version of the book that's in the Free Library.