Lackey's delightful world of magic is inhabited by strong and believable men, women and creatures, the most enchanting being the griffins Treyvan and Hydona. After Darkwind saves Elspeth, the two join forces to save his people. New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. K'Sheyna leader Darkwind, attempting to rally his people as they are assaulted by unknown forces, saves Nyara, a Changechild, and discovers that the evil Adept Mornelithe Falconsbane is the source of the clan's troubles: under Tayledras land lie miraculous artifacts the Adept desires. For me, Everything Valdemar begins with Elspeth. On learning that she has great potential as a mage, Elspeth goes for training to the k'Sheyna clan of the Tayledras, sorcerers who specialize in cleansing lands damaged in the long-ago Magic Wars. The beginning of my Mercedes Lackey habit and my Fantasy journey. This first volume of a new trilogy is again set in the imperiled land of Valdemar, encountered earlier in Lackey's.

We talk about all sorts of things, but the Valdemar books get more complicated the further you read into Lackey’s world, and having someone on the same page sometimes literally is amazing. Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining, Talia, once a runaway, has now become a trainee Herald, destined to become one of the Queen's own elite guard. The heir to the throne, Herald Elspeth, sets out with Gwena, her Companion (a Guardian Spirit embodied as a horse), to find an Adept who can teach her people both to use and to deflect the power of magic. Daw Books, 18.95 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-88677-489-9. We are now on the 7th book of ReadingValdemar I love how this buddy read has given Jackie and I something in common to talk about.

This first volume of a new trilogy is again set in the imperiled land of Valdemar, encountered earlier in Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar series.

Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey