A review by kleonard
Knife Children by Lois McMaster Bujold

3.0

A pleasant if not particularly memorable continuation of the narratives begun in Bujold's earlier books set in the world of the Sharing Knife. In this world, people are born Lakewalkers, with special bonds to the earth and others and capable of certain magics, or farmers, who are, well, not Lakewalkers. Lakewalkers protect the world from creatures called malices, which feed on life and threaten communities. In this novel, a Lakewalker man finds that his daughter, born years earlier to a farmer woman, is developing Lakewalker powers, and seeks to help the girl learn to understand and train her powers. This has never been Bujold's most imaginative or complex series, but it's interesting enough for a few hours' read.