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[RT][HSF] The Steerswoman's Road, by Rosemary Kirstein
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A series of books (incomplete and on a slow schedule, unfortunately!) that follows Rowan the steerswoman - the steerswomen being a hypertrophied navigator's / almanac maker's guild that treats the truth as a sacred value.
This makes a steerswoman the perfect character to be Too Inquisitive For Her Own Good.
Steerswomen have to solve most of their problems through rationality. Oh, and swords. And fire. But what I mean is that reasoning is actually demonstrated for the reader, not merely implied - to the degree that I'm pretty sure that Kirstein is deliberately modeling rationality skills for her readers.
Also, it's a fun read, with fun characters, and interesting themes like sharing vs. hoarding information, alienness, and what makes someone a good steerswoman.
Comments:
- u/Bobertus:
Cool. I haven't read it, but I'm upvoting based on your description. Also, apparently, I can buy either the kindle version for 3€ or the physical book for 100€.