Knife Children
A Story in the World of the Sharing Knife

Shorter work in the Sharing Knife universe. If you've read anything else in that universe, you will want to read this. If you've read Bujold at all, I expect you've read everything she has written. She's that good.......more

A standalone entry in the Sharing Knife series. Barr Foxbrush was mentioned in the main series, making his appearance as a trouble-prone youth in Passage; here, he gets his own story as some years later, one of those youthful troubles spawns more trouble. This is not an exciting story of death-de......more

Another exceptional novella from one of my favorite authors. The characters are interesting and relatable, and this book focuses much more on their fears and insecurities and responsibilities than on action sequences and is so much better for it.......more

The Sharing Knife is not my favorite of this author's series, which still means it is above average fantasy reading - this is best for those who have read the series, since there's very minimal explanation of mud-men and malices and other world-building components. In this story, Barr has grown up f......more

As is true of practically everything Bujold writes this is satisfying!! It was nice to be in this world again. A little visit with Dag and Fawn would have been nice, but I enjoyed spending time with Barr’s family. It was nice to see Barr grown up finally.......more