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Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)

  • 2007 first published
  • 377 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (7 ratings)
  • 12 editions

Published in 2007, Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2) is a romantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. Key subjects include imaginary places, wizards, magic and man-woman relationships.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 10 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

It runs to roughly 377 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)

Fawn Bluefield, the clever young farmer girl, and Dag Redwing Hickory, the seasoned Lakewalker soldier-sorcerer, have been married all of two hours when they depart her family's farm for Dag's home at Hickory Lake Camp. Having gained a hesitant acceptance from Fawn's family for their unlikely marriage, the couple hopes to find a similar reception among Dag's Lakewalker kin. But their arrival is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them, including Dag's own mother and brother. A faction of Hickory Lake Camp, denying the literal bond between Dag and Fawn, woven in blood in the Lakewalker magical way, even goes so far as to threaten permanent exile for Dag.Before their fate as a couple is decided, however, Dag is called away by an unexpected—and viciously magical—malice attack on a neighboring hinterland threatening Lakewalkers and farmers both. What his patrol discovers there will not only change Dag and his new bride, but will call into question the uneasy relationship between their peoples—and may even offer a glimmer of hope for a less divided future.Filled with heroic deeds, wondrous magic, and rich, all-too-human characters, The Sharing Knife: Legacy is at once a gripping adventure and a poignant romance from one of the most imaginative and thoughtful writers in fantasy today.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Imaginary places
  • Wizards
  • Magic
  • Fantasy romance
  • Imaginary places in fiction
  • Magic in fiction
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Man-woman relationships

Quick answers

Who wrote Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)?

Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2) was written by Lois McMaster Bujold and first published in 2007.

What genre is Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)?

It is usually shelved as Romantasy.

How long is Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)?

The median edition has 377 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Legacy (The Sharing Knife #2)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Valley of Silence, Once Upon a Broken Heart and Dance of the Gods.

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