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TSK: Beguilement Archive
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The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: B
Posted on March 31, 2009 | 5 CommentsFrom the front flap: Young Fawn Bluefield has fled her family’s farm hoping to find work in the city of Glassforge. Uncertain about her future and the troubles she carries, Fawn stops for a drink of water at a roadside inn, where she counters a patrol of Lakewalkers, enigmatic soldier-sorcerers from the woodland culture to the [...] -
J’s Take on Bujold’s The Sharing Knife #1: Beguilement
Posted on February 16, 2009 | 4 CommentsThere are moderate spoilers within. Read at your peril. I generally like Bujold's books, the Vorkosigan ones in particular of course, so it was inevitable I'd read this series. She's also an author I will definitely buy the books of, despite the ready availability at the library. Annoyingly, Borders had book 1 available, but not book [...] -
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement
Posted on February 7, 2009 | 7 CommentsThe Plot Fawn Bluefield, young, unmarried, and unhappily pregnant, has left her family’s farm and headed for the “big city” in search of a less embarrassing and painful future. She runs into more trouble than expected on the road, and finds herself being chased by a malice, or blight bogle. Dag Redwing, a Lakewalker [...]