Horizon (2009 novel)
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Horizon is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold
. It is the fourth in the tetralogy
The Sharing Knife
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At the end of the book, Dag and Fawn's vision of closer cooperation and understanding between Lakewalkers and farmers, as partners, is beginning to be achieved.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo...
. It is the fourth in the tetralogy
Tetralogy
A tetralogy is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works, just as a trilogy is made up of three works....
The Sharing Knife
The Sharing Knife
The Sharing Knife is a romance/fantasy crossover series by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2006–09. The original story grew so long in the telling that it was split into two volumes: Beguilement and Legacy ....
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Plot
With Fawn's prompting, Dag seeks out a teacher. A powerful groundsetter at local New Moon Cutoff Camp could be the answer to his prayers, but conflicts arise between the insular Lakewalker traditions and Dag's determination to be a healer for farmers. Dag, Fawn, Arkady the groundsetter and others embark on a long journey by wagon. They are joined by several other characters, some Lakewalker, some farmer, including Fawn's brother, Whit, and his wife, Berry. On their way up the Trace, a long wagon road, they encounter a malice, an evil being with great power. A Lakewalker kills the malice with a sharing knife. Fawn guesses that this malice was fleeing something even more powerful. That turns out to be a second malice. That malice is killed by Whit, aided by Fawn and Berry, which is unprecedented—no farmer has ever killed a malice without Lakewalker aid before.At the end of the book, Dag and Fawn's vision of closer cooperation and understanding between Lakewalkers and farmers, as partners, is beginning to be achieved.
Characters
- Dag Bluefield ne Redwing Hickory, 56
- Fawn Bluefield, Dag's wife, 19
- Whit Bluefield, Fawn's elder brother
- Berry Bluefield née Clearcreek, Whit's wife
- Remo — Pearl Riffle Crossing – patroller
- Barr — Pearl Riffle Crossing, Remo's younger patroller partner
- Arkady Waterbirch — New Moon Cutoff – maker
- Neeta — New Moon Cutoff – patroller, back from 2 years exchange in Luthlia
- Tavia — New Moon Cutoff, Neeta's partner
- Hod
- Hawthorne Clearcreek, 11, Berry's brother
- Bo, Berry's maternal uncle
Publication history
- 2009, USA, EOS ISBN 9780061375361, Pub date 27 January 2009, Hardback
- 2009, USA, EOS ISBN 9780061759871, Pub date 3 March 2009, Ebook