Rowan follows a slim clue to track down the wizard who threatens the world. She travels to the South where she learns the true nature of wizards and dragons.
This cannot be the last book in the series because it does not conclude the story. But this book was published in 2014 and there is not yet a fifth book. Rosemary Kirstein’s blog is active and she says she is still working on The Steerswoman series. So hopefully we’ll get more soon!
The search for the wizard who destroyed a Guidestar and threatens the world takes Rowan off the map of the known world. There, the full extent of the mystery surrounding Kirstein’s world will begin to make sense.
This was probably my least favorite book, if only because the “demons” felt a bit too weird-for-the-sake-of-weird. Very Golden Age Sci-Fi, which isn’t itself a bad thing but feels kind of out of place in this book.
But I mean, keep going! The adventure continues (for one more book).
Rowan and Bel set out across the Outskirts to find the fallen Guidestar.
An awesome series continues. Rowan and Bel are great characters, and Kirstein trickles out more clues to the mystery at the heart of the story. By the end of this book you’ll have an idea what’s going on—but don’t worry, there will be plenty more surprises.
I picked up this book after a random encounter soon after I joined Mastodon, and I’m so glad I did.
Steerswomen must answer any question they are asked—and if they ask a question it must be answered truthfully or no steerswoman will ever answer you again. Steerswomen gather information about the world and share it freely. Only the wizards refuse to answer their questions. But one Steerswoman starts investigating a strange object, and as a result someone tries to murder her—twice.
Before long it becomes clear that the world itself is a mystery to be unraveled.
This was a great read, and one of my favorite books/series I picked up this year.
While Enid is investigating a minor dispute over an aging building at the end of the Coast Road, the corpse of an outsider turns up in the marshland. All Enid can do is keep asking questions, even if nobody seems to want to know the answers.
I’m really enjoying this series!
A post-apocalyptic murder mystery. Decades after economic and environmental collapse, a string of modest communities on the West Coast are committed to sustainability and avoiding the mistakes of the past. Only those households that have demonstrated their value to the community earn a banner—the right to have a child. This book considers what crime and punishment would look like in such a setting.
Vaughn’s optimistic take on post-apocalyptic storytelling sucked me right in. I loved Enid the Investigator and thinking about what justice would have to look like in such a setting. One of the better books I read this year.
