Fawn has fled her family. She’s done an incredibly stupid thing, and feels the only way to remedy it is to run away. On her way, she runs into Dag – a member of a patrol of Lakewalkers. The Farmer folk are a bit leery of the Lakewalkers, who have magic, which they use to protect everyone from Malices – terrible beings that would enslave everyone if they could. While together, they fight a Malice, and something happens that binds Fawn and Dag together.
The book has the air of a Western to some degree, but in a fantasy land. There are tales of sunken cities, and old magic that caused terrible injuries to the land. But at its heart, the story is a love story. One I’ll be interested to follow in the next book. This book was more about Fawn’s family, but I think the Lakewalkers are far more interesting. And there is the small matter of the thing that’s bound the two of them together that still needs to be resolved.
I can’t say this is my favorite Bujold story, but it’s not bad.
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