The Sharing Knife, Vol. 3: Passage
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (530 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433234912 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 435 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent series, my favorite of the four." according to Virginia Booklover. About the series:Bujold is most famous for her science fiction books starring Miles Vorkosigan and his family, and for her "Five Gods" fantasy series (Curse of Chalion etc.). Her Sharing Knife series gets a lot less publicity which I think is unfortunate.There are numerous online commentors which liken the series to Lord Of The Rings - but as someone who had trouble getting into LOTR, I can. "Characters are so engaging that you forget to look behind the curtain." according to ArtistEye. The characters are engaging, as is the dialogue, flirty, ironic, sometimes tongue-in-cheek. The two cultures — farmer and Lakewalker — were fairly well-detailed, and the misunderstandings between them seem consistent with the internal logic of their economies and histories. However, the history is a bit of a problem. Vague, lost in the mists of time, forgottenDoesn't quite satis. I finally got around to reading them and enjoyed them enough to order books 3 and 4 so Lizzie I am not a fantasy fan but having recently read some that did excite me (Lallo's Deacon series and Rothfuss' Kingkiller's Chronicles) and being a big fan of Bujold's Vorkosigan series, I picked up the the first two books of this 4-book series in a used book store last fall. I finally got around to reading them and enjoyed them enough to order books 3 and 4 so that I could finish the story.I
But as Dag's natural Lakewalker ability to manipulate ''ground energy'' begins to develop in dangerous directions, he and Fawn realize that big changes are ahead.. Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.Read by Bernadette Dunne Filled with magic, heroism, and all-too-human characters, Bujold's Sharing Knife saga is both a gripping adventure and a poignant romance. The proud Lakewalkers, meanwhile, have exiled Dag after learning of his marriage to Fawn, the first outsider to be bound to a Lakewalker in their magical way. In this third volume, Fawn, the young farm girl, and Dag, the seasoned soldier-sorcerer, set off to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples and encounter new hazards both human and uncanny. The farmers and riverfolk have long distrusted the power of the mysterious and aloof Lakewalkers, even though they depend on them for protection from the evil malices
Farmers and riverfolk need the secretive Lakewalkers for their ability to manipulate ground energy and battle the deadly blight-causing creatures called malices, but few trust them completely, and the Lakewalkers haven't helped the situation by remaining aloof from the rest of the world. . (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The old ways have worked for better 'n a thousand years, another Lakewalker captain warns, but as farmers settle dangerous territory and Dag's own groundsense abilities develop in dangerous directions, big changes are inevitable. Dag longs to build a bridge of understanding and respect between Lakewalkers and those who depend on their pro