Fantasy review: The Steerswoman, by Rosemary Kirstein
I picked up this book on a recommendation from Jemima Pett's blog, and found myself very much drawn into the world of the book (first in series). Title: The Steerswoman Author:
Rosemary Kirstein Publication Info: Del Rey, 1989. 262 pages, Kindle Edition. Source:
Library Publisher’s Blurb: If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse a question, and no steerswoman may answer with anything but the truth. And if she asks, you must answer. It is the other side of tradition's contract -- and if you refuse the question, or lie, no steerswoman will ever again answer even your most casual question. And so, the steerswomen — always seeking, always investigating — have gathered more and more knowledge about the world they traveled, and they share that knowledge freely. Until the day that the steerswoman Rowan begins asking innocent questions about one small, lovely, inexplicable object… Her discove