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juushikaTitle: The Lost Steersman (The Steerswoman Book 3)
Author: Rosemary Kirstein
Published: Smashwords, 2014 (2003)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 420
Total Page Count: 198,385
Text Number: 585
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: While searching the Steerswoman's archives for evidence of the wizard Slado, Rowan instead encounters an improbable influx of demons to the Inner Lands. The first two thirds of this installment make for a slow start—they contain information which is profound in hindsight, but their domestic scale and repetitive pacing slows a story that seemed like it was heading towards climax. But the final third is superb. It's a captivating, evocative, unremittingly logical journey into the unknown, grounded in punishing survivalism; it adds a new dimension to the fantasy meets science premise which more than keeps that premise alive—it redefines it. I feel like this particular installment could have been tightened or rebalanced, because, while successful, its pacing better suits a first book than a third. But that quibble is no roadblock to my ongoing satisfaction with this series, which continues to impress.
Author: Rosemary Kirstein
Published: Smashwords, 2014 (2003)
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 420
Total Page Count: 198,385
Text Number: 585
Read Because: continuing the series, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: While searching the Steerswoman's archives for evidence of the wizard Slado, Rowan instead encounters an improbable influx of demons to the Inner Lands. The first two thirds of this installment make for a slow start—they contain information which is profound in hindsight, but their domestic scale and repetitive pacing slows a story that seemed like it was heading towards climax. But the final third is superb. It's a captivating, evocative, unremittingly logical journey into the unknown, grounded in punishing survivalism; it adds a new dimension to the fantasy meets science premise which more than keeps that premise alive—it redefines it. I feel like this particular installment could have been tightened or rebalanced, because, while successful, its pacing better suits a first book than a third. But that quibble is no roadblock to my ongoing satisfaction with this series, which continues to impress.
