Booklog 11/2019 - Lois McMaster Bujold: Knife Children – A Sharing Knife Novella

[jacey]

Lois McMaster Bujold is a buy-on-sight author for me, so I was delighted to discover a novella in the world of her Sharing Knife quartet. Set about 12 years after the story featuring Dag and Fawn, this is the story of how Lakewalker Barr Foxbush's youthful misdemeanour returns fourteen years later to bite him on the backside. As the daughter he carelessly fathered on a farm-girl as a callow eighteen-year-old turns out to have inherited his Lakewalker talents. The rift in understanding between Lakewalkers and farmers is massive and Barr has a lot of sorting out to do and some painful truths to tell. As usual Ms Bujold captures every nuance of character – and not just the main characters either. Highly recommended.