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Passage (The Sharing Knife, Book 3) | 
| Author: Lois Mcmaster Bujold
Publisher: Eos
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Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061375330
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061375330
ASIN: 0061375330
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Lois McMaster Bujold—five-time winner of the Hugo Award—brings us the third installment in her New York Times bestselling romantic fantasy The Sharing Knife, Volume Three: Passage Young Fawn Bluefield and soldier-sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory have survived magical dangers and found, in each other, love and loyalty. But even their strength and passion cannot overcome the bigotry of their own kin, and so, leaving behind all they have known, the couple sets off to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples. But they will not journey alone. Along the way they acquire comrades, starting with Fawn's irrepressible brother Whit, whose future on the Bluefield family farm seems as hopeless as Fawn's once did. Planning to seek passage on a riverboat heading to the sea, Dag and Fawn find themselves allied with a young flatboat captain searching for her father and fiance, who mysteriously vanished on the river nearly a year earlier. They travel downstream, hoping to find word of the missing men, and inadvertently pick up more followers: a pair of novice Lakewalker patrollers running away from an honest mistake with catastrophic consequences; a shrewd backwoods hunter stranded in a wreck of boats and hopes; and a farmer boy Dag unintentionally beguiles, leaving Dag with more questions than answers about his growing magery. As the ill-assorted crew is tested and tempered on its journey to where great rivers join, Fawn and Dag will discover surprising new abilities both Lakewalker and farmer, a growing understanding of the bonds between themselves and their kinfolk, and a new world of hazards both human and uncanny.
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 A solid continuation July 19, 2008
The third novel in the Sharing Knife series is a solid and entertianing continuation. This book follows the travels of Fawn and Dag from Dag's lakewalker camp down what is basicly the Ohio river to the ocean. They introduce several new characters and Dag learns more about both the extent of his powers and of the extent of the tension between the lakewalkers and farmers.
The joy in these novels is the way that Bujold can write such an entertaining and novel and keep up tension in what is mostly domestic situations. Her accoplishment with these novels reminds me of the camp sceanes that dominate the Lord of the Rings. As much as everyone remembers the big battle sceanes it is the time around the campfire and the characters cooking and telling stories that really held those novels together.
The novel ends with another small battle with a resolution that was both suprising and a little bit disurbing, and as always Bujold doesn't shy away from the questions that come as a result. Overall this is an excellent book that leaves me looking foward to the next one.
a keeper to read over and over again! July 19, 2008
Passage is the third volume in this series, preceded by Beguilement and Legacy, a fantasy story about a world where social division has been so entrenched as to create massive misunderstandings on both sides, and of course Ms Bujold adds in a Romeo & Juliet romance layer for embellishment. I've read all but one of Bujold's books, and have grown to adore her work. Her world-building, characterization, and plotting are superb, and it is no wonder she is writer guest of honor at the 2008 World Science Fiction Convention--her work truly is amazing. I get lost in her stories and don't want to come out, and have to go back and reread just for another fix!
Okay, if you haven't read the first two books of THE SHARING KNIFE, you should read those prior to reading Passage even though this can stand alone--you just get a better feel for the world-building and characterization that way. But in brief, the land has bad spots in it where blight bogles ruin everything, and all good farmers know that's when you do call in one of those strange Lakewalkers, and pay his fee...and be nice until he leaves. Lakewalkers have a tendency toward rudeness since farmers are totally ignorant about the malices Lakewalkers fight so hard against. In the first books, Lakewalker patroller Dag meets up with farmer girl Fawn Bluefield in the middle of a malice incursion. They fall in love, then battle not only more malices but the disfavor of both farming and Lakewalker communities to the point where, at the end of Legacy, Dag and Fawn decide to become their own community for awhile.
So begins Passage, where Dag and Fawn take a honeymoon boating down the Grace River. Of course more than one person ends up tagging along with them, for one reason or another, as Dag and Fawn not only heal from previous wounds but Dag also learns more about his groundsense while pursuing his goal of fixing the world of its ignorance. More malices could be out there, and he wants the people prepared. His experiences are horrific, yet there are horrors of a more human kind to experience too.
The reader gets a sense of community and companionship able to stand up to the unknown, a sense which turns pages and glues the book to one's hands. THE SHARING KNIFE is highly recommended for anyone who appreciates good literature and great storytelling. Oh, and if you want to know What a Sharing Knife is, I'll let you get it out of the books, for the rich details are better absorbed that way--definitely a worthwhile read.
Down the river with Bujold July 5, 2008
This book is an excellent carry-on of the previous two novels. Most of it takes place on the river to the sea this time, and the characters are just as much fun and getting more complicated and clever all the time. It even appears that Fawn and Dag may be forming the beginnings of their own clan! Enjoy this..... it sounds like there are more in the works.
Well done, but rare. June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the third book in this series. LMB does her usual fine job of developing the charaters until you feel you know them well. Like real-life people, the characters never stop changing. I truly hope Ms. Bujold continues this series a bit further. Her answers to evolving social change could prove insightful for all of us.
The writing quality here is so well done, but that is exceedingly rare.
Floating Down the River June 23, 2008
51 out of 51 found this review helpful
Passage (2008) is the third fantasy novel of The Sharing Knife series, following Legacy. In the previous volume, Dag and Fawn were called before the camp council on charges pressed by his brother Dar. The council split on the decision, but Dag and Fawn left Hickory Lake Camp anyway. After the Malice incident in Greenspring, Dag wanted to find another way for the Lakewalkers to relate with the Farmers. Besides, their marriage has caused enough trouble with both Lakewalkers and Farmers.
In this novel, Dag and Fawn go first to her family farm. The twins have moved off to stake their own claims and Whit has -- mostly -- quit his teasing of Fawn, so the visit goes well. At least until shortly before they leave, when Whit decides to go with them.
They leave Fawn's pregnant mare at the farm and take two draft horses that Whit has trained. Naturally, Dag continues to ride Copperhead to protect the Farmers; no telling what that horse will do! The three ride off toward the Grace River.
On the way, Dag and Fawn acquaint Whit with previously unshared knowledge about the Lakewalkers and Malices. Since Fawn knows Whit much better than Dag, she does more of the talking. Yet his confirmations make the discussion more real to Whit.
Reaching Glassforge, Whit learns that his sister and brother-in-law are very well known in the town. They stay at the inn where the wounded had been treated and everybody knows Fawn. They even know that she has killed a Malice. Whit is quite amazed at his sister's fame.
When it comes time to leave Glassforge, Whit changes his mind again. Instead to returning home, he decides to travel further with them. He does sell the horses, but gets a job with the firm that bought them. Now Whit and Fawn are riding the wagons to the river and Dag is still riding Copperhead.
In this story, Dag and Fawn meet many people on the trail and boating down the river. Dag also meets a few Lakewalkers in the river camps. He and Fawn, with some help from Whit, disseminate more information about the Lakewalkers and gain more knowledge of the people themselves. Dag gets to perform a few more medical makings on the Farmer folks and starts to gain a reputation among them as a good healer.
The Lakewalker authorities -- even the Patroller chiefs -- are very much against his activities. They order him to stop treating the wounded and sick Farmers and to cease his information campaign. But events on down the river turn out to require his healing and information.
This tale shows that the Farmers can accept the Lakewalker activities as beneficial and understand the dangers of the Malices. Yet the efforts of Dag and Fawn are only a drop in the bucket. They also need to change the Lakewalkers themselves to gain full acceptance from the Farmers.
The story is far from finished. Dag and Fawn will be back in Horizon, the fourth volume in this series. Enjoy!
Highly recommended for Bujold fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of exotic societies, unusual magics, and marital romance.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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