The Hallowed Hunt
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| The Hallowed Hunt | |
 Dustjacket of first hardbound edition |
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| Author | Lois McMaster Bujold |
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| Cover artist | David Bowers |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Chalion universe |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Eos (HarperCollins) |
| Publication date | May 24, 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) & E-Book |
| Pages | 480 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-057462-3 |
| Preceded by | Paladin of Souls |
The Hallowed Hunt is a fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, published in 2005.
[edit] Plot introduction
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.
[edit] Characters & Synopsis
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 history of human soul succession that has had the effects on his sanity that can be expected.
Ingrey, the nominal hero, has at the end to be rescued by Ijada and a cast of minor characters. Wencel, the nominal villain, has apocalyptic plans that Ijada and Ingrey together defeat. Ijada and Ingrey marry at the plot's resolution. Such a combination of fantasy, mystery, sword-&-sorcery, and romantic literary genres is typical of Bujold's writing in this series, in her earlier Miles Vorkosigan Saga, and in her current Sharing Knife series.
