The perfect blend of adventure and romance in the sharing. The necromancers armed with human bone knives fight malices, immortal entities that draw out life, enslaving humans and animals. The sharing knife is a romancefantasy crossover series by american writer lois. The sharing knife volume one lois mcmaster bujold paperback. This new sharing knife universe is a fascinating one, with deep political and spiritual themes. Beguilement the sharing knife, book 1 lois mcmaster bujold on.
Lois began writing when she was in junior high, but got sidetracked when majoring in english was not for her. Nov 18, 2008 last month, i received all four of bujolds sharing knife books from eos. Fawn, a farmer girl of about 20, has run away from her family, because another farmer has impregnated her and made it clear that he will not acknowledge the baby as his own. There are also other different tales but they are included under the name sharing knife. Volume 1 the wide green world series kindle edition by bujold, lois mcmaster. It is the first book in the series the sharing knife plot. The sharing knife volume one bujold builds a better fantasy romance with compelling characters and the fascinating clash between their cultures, she a farmers daughter, he an adventurer on the trail of a deadly demon. Bujold has created a rich world full of complex characters and a history that we only get a glimpse of in this first installment. Lois mcmaster bujold, bernadette dunne, blackstone audio, inc books. Part of a sharing knife set i found the books to be well written, riveting and easy to follow even though there. Their fates are now bound in a alternate cover edition here.
Whether you would rather classify this as a fantasy novel or a romance novel, there is no question that it is well written. Compelling characters lift this first of a two book romantic fantasy from hugo. Bujold builds a better fantasy romance with compelling characters and the fascinating clash between their cultures. Troubled young fawn bluefield seeks a life beyond her familys farm. If i had one word to describe the story, i would use lovely. The sharing knife series and the chronicles of the warlands series have very similarly treated romances, and both feature unusual urban women who become entrenched in nonurban cultures.
There has been a good deal of praise for this series in our past discussions and i had high hopes. Beguilement is a fantasy novel by american writer lois mcmaster bujold, published in 2006. Below is a list of lois mcmaster bujolds sharing knife books in order of when they were first released which is aslo their chronological order. Beguilement was even better the second time, howeverto the point where i have decided to pull the other three books off the shelf and catch up on them, too. Beguilement by lois mcmaster bujold the first book in the sharing knife fantasy series 2003.
The sharing knife series began in 2006 with the novel beguilement. The original story grew so long in the telling that it was split into two volumes. The perfect blend of adventure and romance in the sharing knife. One of the early books of these sequences is the beguilement. The second half of this book that im talking about is called the sharing knife. She is a fourtime hugo award winner, tying the record owner by robert a. Sep 27, 2011 with the sharing knife series, bujold creates a brand new world fraught with peril, and spins an extraordinary romance between a young farm girl and the brave sorcerersoldier entrusted with the defense of the land against a plague of vicious malevolent beings. An epic fantasy of devotion, destiny, and perilous magic from one of the most honored writers in the fieldmultiple hugo awardwinning author lois mcmaster bujold young, pregnant fawn bluefield has just fled her familys farm to the city of glassforge, where she encounters a patrol of the. Part of a sharing knife set i found the books to be well written, riveting and easy to follow even though there are many characters. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beguilement the sharing knife, book 1. The ties that bind them are far beyond the master conjurer grey carteret regains consciousness in a london gutter next. Locusone of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, lois mcmaster bujold has won numerous accolades and awards, including the nebula and locus.
Beguilement has the potential to create new bujold fans, especially from among those readers who enjoy thoughtful romances. The sharing knife is a romancefantasy crossover series by american writer lois mcmaster bujold, published in 200609. Volume 1 the wide green world series kindle edition by lois mcmaster bujold. The sharing knife beguilement is the first of a two part series set in a world which might well be medieval earth. But they sweetened the offer by throwing in books one through three. May 04, 2010 i chose my first 2010 challenge category, fantasy romance, and took the advice of listeners yet again and decided on the sharing knife, volume 1. She followed that with a sequel, paladin of souls, which won the nebula award for 2005.
It won the mythopoeic award as the best adult fantasy. With the sharing knife series, bujold creates a brand new world fraught with peril, and spins an extraordinary romance between a young farm girl and the brave sorcerersoldier entrusted with the defense of the land against a plague of vicious malevolent beings. Oct 31, 2006 entitled, beguilement, part of a series two parts maybeaccording to amazon. The sharing knife has more elements of fantasymagic and is a little more weighty, but both series are very enjoyable. Beguilement was even better the second time, howeverto the point where i have decided to pull the other three books off the. Dag saves fawn from a malice at a devastating cost. I enjoyed the four wide green world aka sharing knife books, but in the epilogue we had a hint of a loose end. But those of us who value her worldbuilding skills and plotting abilities have much to love, as well.
The sharing knife series by lois mcmaster bujold goodreads. Its very easy to get quality ebooks and there is a lot of books. Goodreads members who liked beguilement the sharing k. Meet fawn bluefield and dag redwing hickory in beguilement, the first book in bujolds unforgettable fourvolume fantasy saga, and witness the birth of their. The book was nominated for the hugo award her seventh nomination, and for the world fantasy award. This really is the most couplecentred work of lmbs, but at the same time it also contrasts two completely different lifestyles, lakewalker and farmer, through all four books. The sharing knife part 1 beguilement i am a great fan of lois mcmaster bujold.
Beguilement was even better the second time, howeverto the point where i have decided to pull the other three books off. In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded pairssource and shieldmake the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. Bujold then wrote a sequel, which was also divided, into passage 2008 and horizon 2009. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The sharing knife is a romancefantasy series by american writer lois mcmaster bujold, published in 200609.
A few questions about the sharing knife by lois mcmaster. When fawn is kidnapped by one of these creatures, it is up to dag, an older lakewalker heavy with sorrows and responsibilities, to rescue her. Legacy and is coming out on 62607 and the paperback of the sharing knife. It was a lovely, charming story that ran the gamut from sadness to. There was this really cheap promotion fot the whole sharing knife series as ebooks and although i own them in paper i just had to splurge.
The sharing knife, volumes 1 through 4, has also been widely acclaimed in the world of adult fantasy. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Shes written one more book, again split in two, with fawn and dag again as the main protagonists. Lois mcmaster bujold is an american author of science fiction and fantasy novels. But in the ensuing struggle, it is not dag but fawn who kills the creatureat dire costand an uncanny accident befalls dags sharing knife, which unexpectedly binds their two fates together. The series lasted four novels and concluded with the novel horizon in 2009. Dec 12, 2006 my one quibble is that i found the concept of the sharing knife to be a bit incomplete and the nature or genesis of the malices difficult to understand. Here we take up this thread as barr finds out what happened to the daughter he. It is the first book in the series the sharing knife. Perhaps all will be explained in the second of the duology. Bookshare accessible books for individuals with print disabilities. Beguilement, bujold has almost changed genres again. Volume 1 the wide green world series lois mcmaster bujold. Their original call for advanced readers was for book four in the series, horizon, due out january 27, 2009.
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