“This is the third book in the Sharing Knife series. I think (hope) there's one more to come.
In this book, Fawn and Dag are trekking south away from his home Lakewalker camp again. They have been essentially kicked out of the camp, but not exactly exiled. They just didn't approve of his marriage, and Dag wouldn't abandon Fawn. The malice attack in LEGACY was so disastrous because farmers didn't know anything about malices--how to recognize one or what to do when the signs of a malice appear--Dag wants to begin educating the farmers about malices and about Lakewalkers. Things that Lakewalkers have kept secret for centuries. Dag has promised to show Fawn the sea, so they stop off back at her parents' farm to say hello (and let Dag finish recovering from the malice attack) on the way, and get caught up in harvest. When they leave, her youngest brother tags along--just as far as the river. But somehow, he never does turn around to go back. Dag and Fawn just keep collecting people, beginning with the brother. This is a "road trip" book, but the road in question is the river. Dag and Fawn discover lots of things and make lots of changes on their trip to the sea. Good, good read. I liked this one better than LEGACY because it was about Fawn and Dag together, about them adjusting to life together and learning new things together. Liked it a whole, whole lot.
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