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Author: Rosemary Kirstein
Year: 2004
Type: NOVEL
Series: Steerswoman
Series Number: 4
ISFDB Record Number: 152450
Synopsis: Publisher's description: "Rosemary Kirstein's acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where the powerful rule by lies. The steerswomen were seekers, collectors of knowledge, and whatever they learned was free for the asking. The wizards also had knowledge– the knowledge to command nature itself–but they jealously guarded their dark wisdom. The two groups have been at odds for centuries: They do not agree, they do not converse, they do not associate. Now the steerswoman Rowan has uncovered evidence that the master wizard, Slado, is conjuring dangerous spells in shadow, devastating the distant lands called the Outskirts and changing the course of the world. Rowan has no choice: Slado must be stopped . . . if he can even be found. Following a dubious clue, Rowan and her friend Bel, an Outskirter, have come to the city of Donner, seeking answers from the past for a danger in the present. But the secrets go deeper than Rowan had ever imagined, compelling her to wonder: What if all this time she has been asking the wrong questions?"
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Awards:
- 2005 Locus Poll Award - Best SF Novel (Place: 26)
Publications:
- The Language Of Power, (Sep 2004, Rosemary Kirstein, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-46835-X, $14.95, 390pp, tp) Cover: Cliff Nielsen - [VERIFIED]
Reviews:
- Review by John C. Bunnell (2004) in Amazing Stories, October 2004
- Review by Carolyn Cushman (2004) in Locus, #526 November 2004