The Hallowed Hunt

The Hallowed Hunt is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2005, and nominated for a Locus Award in 2006. This novel is set in the same world as two of Bujold's previous fantasies, The Curse of Chalion (2001) and Paladin of Souls (2003), but in a country only mentioned there in passing. While the earlier books introduce a setting in which technology and society parallel those of a late Medieval Earth and theology involves five dei... more

The Hallowed Hunt is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2005, and nominated for a Locus Award in 2006. This novel is set in the same world as two of Bujold's previous fantasies, The Curse of Chalion (2001) and Paladin of Souls (2003), but in a country only mentioned there in passing. While the earlier books introduce a setting in which technology and society parallel those of a late Medieval Earth and theology involves five deities, this one introduces intentional accumulation of spirits both animal and human. One of the five deities, the Son, reveals himself to the leading character, Ingrey. One of the deities, not identified, appears to a leopard that has recently been killed. The principal characters are: Ingrey, who received a wolf spirit in childhood and spends most of the story discovering how, why and to what effect; Ijada, who receives a leopard spirit in a bungled rite with consequences that leave her under Ingrey's care; and Wencel, with a centuries-long... less