Rosemary Kirstein: The lost steersman (2003, Del Rey)
419 pages
English language
Published Oct. 29, 2003 by Del Rey.
Develops into a new dark sidequest, the series sense of anthropological curiosity and methodological study in the face of conflicting trauma and horror really shines.
Content warning Spoilers ahead
The first half of the book is full of the promises one could expect after reading the first two : more clues, more local mysteries, more answers. I can't say I feel entirely satisfied, even though there's a lot of good moments. I can't say much about the second part without spoiling, but I felt it veered into horror a bit, and while the plot is extremely surprising, a bit of frustration lingers. I'll be looking for more answers in the fourth book I guess.
What can I say, these are still so good, and I am just eating them up. A lot of trauma in this one in ways that I did not anticipate, although that seems redundant because even once I felt like I got the secret of these books, they continue to add layers.
