"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). 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.