Download The Sharing Knife, Vol. 4: Horizon Audiobook

" Bujold is really creating her own genre at this point in her career... and doing a masterful job of it. It's fantasy - but set in a rural/agrarian culture reminiscent of frontier America, with a population divided into farmers and lakewalkers. The lakewalkers have a pseudo-psychic ability to sense "ground" (lifeforce?) and manipulate it; their purpose is to hunt and kill malices (malignant creatures that eat or absorb the grounds of people). There are hints of a long-ago apocalypse that created malices and perhaps also lakewalker abilities... but that background and all these details are really subordinate to the central story. In the central story it becomes a romance - a winter/spring relationship between Dag, a lakewalker, and Fawn, his farmer bride. He is 56, with a lifetime of sorrows behind him. She is 19, but wise and determined beyond her years. As we follow the two of them over the course of four books we get to watch interesting, complex characters take on realistic challenges and deal with issues of prejudice and deep-seated traditions. "

" So I have only read this series by her, but I have yet to read one that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. She's a very engaging writer and her characters are real and interesting. "

" This was a very satisfying conclusion to the Sharing Knife series. There's something quiet and contemplative about these books -- every time a malice appears (after book one) it seems oddly out of place and shocking. This book follows Fawn and Dag as they start to get some traction in their plans to change the world. The books are very much about changing the world one person at a time, and starting on a small scale. I think that's why I don't really feel compelled to give them a five -- that seems to be the theme of much of the PC lit I read, so it seems a bit worn. But Bujold does it well (as she does everything well) and they're books I enjoy rereading. I like the feeling that the world isn't against them -- it's just going along, doing its thing, and some people agree with Dag and Fawn, and others don't, and that's just fine. Like I said -- peaceful and thoughtful. "

" Absolutely wonderful wrap-up to the series. "

" Fabulous closing chapter to this series. I wondered how Bujold was going to pull off a satisfactory conclusion to the problems her characters faced, but she did it, wonderfully! "

" Great finish for the series. Shows well how things are going to progress without wrapping it all in a nice little bow. "

" Finished this one last week. The entire series just got better from book to book. "

" Great stuff! I'm not sure if this is the last in the series, though, or if it will continue... "

" This series has a bit more on relationships and a little lighter on action, but still has the detailed, interesting and self consistent world that she always seems to create. I am once again in the sad state of being out of Bujold books to read. "

" Good, but I didn't like it as much as the first book or two in the series. "

" Somehow thoroughly new, but still familiar. Excellent read, in my opinion. "

" The pacing in "Horizon" was better than the third Sharing Knife book. Good character interactions and plot, and a twist in the climax to make things interesting. All in all, a good way to end a series. "

" A nice wrap-up to the series. If you liked the first three books, you'll like this one. If you didn't, why on earth are you reading the fourth one? :) "

" The last book (I think) is the best. Ms. Bujold ties up all the loose ends and does it extremely well. I will miss the wonderful characters and their unusual adventures. If she writes more I'll read it. "

" Oh, Lois, I'm such a junkie for you. Awesome space opera, awesome pseudo-Spanish high fantasy, awesome potentially post-apocalyptic Mississippi River valley fantasy/romance... whatever. You write it, I'll love it. "

" This was a satisfying ending to a very good series. "

" Sorta sad it's the end of this series, but maybe it's for the best so I can have more time to read all the other series I like! "

" I had a tough time getting into this one, but I don't think it was the book's fault. I enjoyed this series, but I was definitely ready for it to be over. "

" Fun, sure, but what in it is anything new? "

" I really loved this series of books. I hadn't read a book that wasn't geared to Young Adults in a while, and it was a refreshing change.

I am pretty sure this is the end of the series, but I wasn't sure until the very end. I really appreciated the epilogue. "

" UMMM I need MORE! It feels like the story hasn't really ended... "

" engaging when taken at a gulp, although i think it might have dragged if i'd had to read it in stages. it's a happy book about people being productive, despite the obligatory (and well-done) action scenes, and sometimes that's just what you need. "

" Liked this one too. Was easy to read, drew me in easily. Nothing earth shattering to consider. just pleasant. "

" It was ok...some interesting fantasy themes in this series, but too much romance (sorry not my fav) for my taste...

Some sex, no swears, some violence.

Read Bujolds Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls-much much better books, in my opinion. "

" Fabulous closing chapter to this series. I wondered how Bujold was going to pull off a satisfactory conclusion to the problems her characters faced, but she did it, wonderfully! "

" 4.5/5

What an excellent finish to this series. "