[LMB] (news-chat) Passage flap copy

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

OK, by popular request...

Herewith the cover copy for _The Sharing Knife, Vol. 3: Passage_. It was 
written in-house at HarperCollins, but I was given a chance to edit it, 
which I did, though fairly lightly -- writing cover copy, or indeed, 
trying to describe my books briefly in any format, is not one of my 
favorite skills.

I can't imagine being so spoiler-sensitive that the mere jacket flap 
copy constitutes a spoiler -- and I did make sure there weren't any 
gross spoilers in it, at some risk of concealing the main thrust of the 
plot and themes -- but if there are any such sensitives, I'll put in a 
little spoiler space here just for them.

Anyone who wants to copy or quote this elsewhere, please go ahead.

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THE SHARING KNIFE
VOLUME THREE: PASSAGE

Young Fawn Bluefield and soldier-sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory have 
survived magical dangers and found, in each other, love and loyalty. But 
even their strength and passion cannot overcome the bigotry of their own 
kin, and so, leaving behind all they have known, the couple sets off to 
find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples.

But they will not journey alone. Along the way they acquire comrades, 
starting with Fawn’s irrepressible brother Whit, whose future on the 
Bluefield family farm seems as hopeless as Fawn’s once did. Planning to 
seek passage on a riverboat heading to the sea, Dag, Fawn, and Whit find 
themselves allied with a young flatboat captain searching for her father 
and fiancé, who mysteriously vanished on the river nearly a year ago. As 
they travel downstream, hoping to find word of the missing men, they 
inadvertently pick up more followers including a pair of novice 
Lakewalker patrollers, running away from an honest mistake with 
catastrophic consequences; a shrewd backwoods hunter stranded in a wreck 
of boats and hopes; and a farmer boy Dag unintentionally beguiles, 
leaving Dag with more questions than answers about his growing magery.

As the ill-assorted crew is tested and tempered on its journey to where 
great rivers join, Fawn and Dag will discover surprising new abilities 
both Lakewalker and farmer, a growing understanding of the bonds between 
themselves and their kinfolk, and a new world of hazards both human and 
uncanny.

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