The Sharing Knife (Volume #1 Beguilement & Volume #2 Legacy) Hardcover – January 1, 2007 by Louis McMaster Bujold (Author)
 
Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. Enroute to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers. The necromancers armed with human bone knives fight "malices", immortal entities that draw out life, enslaving humans and animals. Dag saves Fawn from a malice - at a devastating cost. Their fates are now bound in a remarkable journey.
 
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