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core novel 2009 The Sharing Knife
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (7,620 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061375361 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Dag sets out, with Fawn at his side, to find a teacher capable of helping him understand and develop the unusual healing abilities that have set him apart from other Lakewalkers throughout the earlier books, abilities that hint at ways farmers and Lakewalkers might work together rather than remain divided. The resulting expedition brings together an unprecedented mix of Lakewalkers and farmers, who must learn to set aside generations of mutual suspicion to confront the dangerous malices still threatening both their peoples. As Dag pushes to establish new methods and alliances that his own conservative culture resists, the group's success or failure carries implications far beyond their immediate journey for how Lakewalkers and farmers might coexist going forward.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Sharing Knife
- Series: The Sharing Knife core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Notes
- From the series record (The Sharing Knife): The four-book main sequence, published as a continuous quartet 2006-2009.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Sharing Knife: position 4 of 4: previous Passage (2008)
- Internal chronology, within The Sharing Knife: position 4 of 5: previous Passage (2008) · next Knife Children (2019)
Sources
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