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The Sharing Knife Volume One by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Sharing Knife Volume One

Beguilement

Lois McMaster Bujold, Bernadette Dunne, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 27, 2011

“Bujold builds a better fantasy romance with compelling characters and the fascinating clash between their cultures, she a farmer’s daughter, he an adventurer on the trail of a deadly demon.”—Locus One 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 Awards as well as the fantasy and science fiction genre’s most prestigious honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, four times (most recently for Paladin of Souls).

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Who it’s for
Fantasy with a warmer pulse, and enough shadow to keep it alert.
Genres
Fantasy Romance, Epic Fantasy
Published
HarperCollins, September 27, 2011

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“Bujold builds a better fantasy romance with compelling characters and the fascinating clash between their cultures, she a farmer’s daughter, he an adventurer on the trail of a deadly demon.”—Locus One 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 Awards as well as the fantasy and science fiction genre’s most prestigious honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, four times (most recently for Paladin of Souls).

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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 sorcerer-soldier entrusted with the defense of the land against a plague of vicious malevolent beings. Meet Fawn Bluefield and Dag Redwing Hickory in Beguilement, the first book in Bujold’s unforgettable four-volume fantasy saga, and witness the birth of their dangerous romance—a love threatened by prejudice and perilous magic, and by Dag’s sworn duty as Lakewalker patroller and necromancer.

Where It Fits

Fantasy with a warmer pulse, and enough shadow to keep it alert.

Come here for

  • romance threaded through fantasy
  • adult-leaning character focus

Expect

  • epic-scale textures
  • collector-friendly series entry

Where it sits

Fantasy Romance59%
Epic Fantasy22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Historical Fantasy
  • The Occult & Supernatural
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  • Fantasy Romance
  • Paranormal Romance
  • American Historical Romance
  • Sci-Fi
Authors
Lois McMaster Bujold, Bernadette Dunne, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 27, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy