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The concluding volumein the epic fantasy saga from multipleHugo Award-winning authorLois McMaster BujoldA Lakewalker entrusted with protecting the populace from terrifying remnants of ancient magic, Dag Redwing Hickory never expected to fall in love with farmer girl Fawn Bluefield. When they joined in marriage, defying their kin, they bridged the perilous split between their peoples. Now Dag's extraordinary maker abilities have grown?along with his fears about who and what he is becoming, and his frustration with the disdain in which Lakewalker soldier-sorcerers hold their farmer neighbors.Fawn and Dag's world is changing, and the traditional Lakewalker practices cannot continue to hold every malice at bay. At the end of their long journey home, the pair must answer the question they've grappled with for so long: When the old traditions fail disastrously, can their untried new ways stand against their world's deadliest foe?

An epic fantasyof devotion, destiny, and perilous magic,from one of the mosthonored writers in the field?multiple Hugo Award-winning author Lois McMaster BujoldTroubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. But on the way to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier-sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret on-going war against the scourge of the ?malices,? immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag?a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and present responsibilities?who must come to Fawn's aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost?unexpectedly binding their fates together as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership . . .and perhaps even love.