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Here is Mercedes Lackey's dynamic new fantasy, set in the prehistory era of her fabled Valdemar. Skandranon is perhaps the finest specimen of the gryphon race, with gleaming ebony feathers, majestic wingspan, keen magesight, and sharp intelligence. When an invading force threatens his realm, he is sent to spy across enemy lines.
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Founding of Valdemar volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Those who are willing to make a further trek by barge on into the West will follow him into a wilderness depopulated by war and scarred by the terrible magics of a thousand years ago and the Mage Wars. But the wilderness is not as "empty"...
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Talia, a runaway Holdgirl, is chosen to become a trainee herald in the queen's elite guard and to care for young Princess Elspeth, heir to the throne. The sequels are Arrow's Flight (1987) and Arrow's Fall (1988). The author's Last Herald Mage series (Magic's Pawn, 1989; Magic's Price, 1990; and Magic's Promise, 1990), and her Mage Winds trilogy (Winds of Fate, 1991; Winds of Change, 1992; and Winds of Fury, 1993) are set in the same world. The Black...
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[1991]
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High Magic had been lost to Valdemar centuries ago when the last Herald-Mage gave his life to save the kingdom from destruction by dark sorceries. Yet now the realm is at risk again. And Elsperth, Herald and heir to the throne, must take up the challenge, abandoning her home to find a mentor who can awaken her untrained mage ablities.
7) Storm rising
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Mysterious mage storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar and Karse and their fragile alliance is breaking apart; unless the creator of the storms can be destroyed, both lands may be demolished.
9) Owlsight
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One small band of Hawkbrothers and two Valdemaran teenagers with partially trained Gifts stand against the destructive might of a barbarian horde.
10) Gryphon in light
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2023.
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"Set in the beloved and bestselling world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons. On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops, but caused a diplomatic crisis. Frustrated by his lack of a hero's welcome, Kelvren is talked into helping with an expedition by his...
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[2018]
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"Heralds Mags and Amily must continue to protect the realm of Valdemar while raising their children and preparing them to follow in their footsteps...The oldest, Justyn, has the Gift of animal Mindspeech--he can talk to animals and persuade them to act as he wishes. Justyn's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps as a Herald Spy, but has yet to be Chosen by his horse companion...Mags proposes that Justyn join a group of traveling players and...
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Valdemar universe. Heralds of Valdemar volume 7
Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel
DAW Books collectors volume no. 1271
Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel
DAW Books collectors volume no. 1271
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Once a heroic Captain in the army of Karse, a kingdom at war with Valdemar, Alberich becomes one of Valdemar's Heralds. Despite prejudice against him, he becomes the personal protector of young Queen Selenay. But can he protect her from the dangers of her own heart?
14) Beyond
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2021
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Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda's father sets out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny. But then one of the Duchy's mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to place a...
15) Arrow's flight
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[1987]
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Talia, having mastered her psychic and empathic powers, is chosen to be a Herald by the Companions, but must face a testing period before she becomes the Queen's protector.
16) Brightly Burning
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[2000]
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Lavan, brought to the capital city of Haven against his will, suffers humiliation and beatings at the hands of his classmates until his rage transforms him into something fearsome and powerful--with training, he will become the most notorious Herald in Valdemar's history.
17) Owlflight
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Valdemar universe. Owl mage trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Though apprenticed to a legendary wizard, the young orphan, Darian, remains difficult and strong-willed. But a sudden twist of fate changes his life forever; the sacking of his village forces him to flee into the great forest where the mysterious Hawk people lead him on the path to maturity.
18) Bastion
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Mags travels to the Bastion in search of who his parents were and a possible explanation about why he is being pursued by Valdemar's enemies in the fifth and final volume of the series following Redoubt.
20) Eye spy
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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"[T]he children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm ... Abidela, dreams of building on her parents' legacy by joining her father's network of spies, hoping to offset her seeming lack of a gift. But when Abi senses the imminent collapse of a bridge only moments before it happens, she saves countless lives, including that of her best friend, Princess Katiana. The experience, though harrowing, uncovers...
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