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Beguilement

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2006
2021
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19 chapters
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 The Sharing Knife*
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A fantasy series by Lois McMaster Bujold.

1) Beguilement
2) Legacy
3) Passage
4) Horizon
Copyright © 2006 by Lois McMaster Bujold
No dedication.
Fawn came to the well-house a little before noon.
May contain spoilers
Each felt like a leap into the utterly unknown.
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Added: 21-Oct-2021
Last Updated: 28-Mar-2023

Publications

 01-May-2007
Eos
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-May-2007
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$7.99
Pages*:
361
Internal ID:
13125
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-061-13907-6
ISBN-13:
978-0-061-13907-9
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Julie Bell  - Cover Artist
The first volume in an epic two-part fantasy of devotion, destiny, and perilous magic from one of the most honored writers in the field - multiple Hugo Award-winning author
LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD


Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm.  But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier-sorcerers from the northern woodlands.  Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices," immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike.

It is Dag - a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities - who must come to Fawn's aid when she is taken captive by a malice.  They prevail at a devastating cost - unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership... and perhaps even love.

"Bujold is head and shoulders above the ruck of current fantasists."
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Notes and Comments:
First Eos paperback printing: May 2007
First Eos special printing: October 2006
First Eos hardcover printing: October 2006
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $10.99

Includes a preview of The Sharing Knife: Legacy

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 19-Jul-2007
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Audiobook
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Date Issued:
19-Jul-2007
Format:
Audiobook
Cover Price:
$14.95
Length:
11 hrs 59 min (368 pages)
"Read":
Once
Reading(s):
1)   22 Oct 2021 - 26 Oct 2021
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
2271
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Bernadette Dunne  - Narration
From audible.com:

Young, pregnant Fawn Bluefield has just fled her family's farm to the city of Glassforge, where she encounters a patrol of the enigmatic soldier-sorcerers known as Lakewalkers. Fawn has heard stories about the Lakewalkers, who are wandering necromancers with no permanent homes and no possessions except the clothes they wear and the mysterious knives they carry. What she does not know is that the Lakewalkers are engaged in a perilous campaign against inhuman and immortal magical entities known as "malices".

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. But in the ensuing struggle, it is not Dag but Fawn who kills the creature, at dire cost. And an uncanny accident befalls Dag's sharing knife, which unexpectedly binds their two fates together.

Don't miss the second volume, Legacy.
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Notes and Comments:
©2007 Lois McMaster Bujold ℗2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

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Author(s)

Lois McMaster Bujold  
Birth: 02 Nov 1949 Columbus, Ohio, USA
Notes:
From the Kindle version of Shards of Honor:

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction.  She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children.  She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982.  She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies.  Her books have been translated into over twenty languages.  Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series.

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  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
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  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.






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