Elvenblood

Mercedes Lackey · Andre Norton

Feb. 2027 · The Halfblood Chronicles Boek 2 · Tantor Media Inc · Voorgelees deur Moniqua Plante

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The Elvenbane has shattered the certainty of the immortal elven lords. The halfblood wizards they thought destroyed have survived, dragons have revealed themselves, and the old order has learned to fear the children it once hunted in secret.

Within the House of Treves, Sheyrena lives as a dutiful elven daughter, dressed, displayed, and bartered toward a marriage chosen for politics rather than love. She dreams of dragons, freedom, and a life beyond the suffocating walls of her father's estate, but dreams are dangerous in a house where women are possessions and obedience is survival.

Her brother Lorryn has an even deadlier secret. Raised as the heir to an elven lord, he is in truth a halfblood wizard, protected only by illusion and his mother's sacrifice. Now the High Lords, terrified by the rise of the Elvenbane, are testing their own children for hidden human blood. If Lorryn is exposed, he will be executed.

Their only possible path leads toward the very legends their world fears most: the outlaw wizards, the hidden dragon Kin, and Shana, the girl called Elvenbane. But the dragons and wizards are building a new refuge of their own, and not every ally who offers rescue can be trusted.

Before Sheyrena can escape the cage built for her, she must decide what she is willing to risk for her brother, her freedom, and a world no longer ruled by fear.

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Fantasy fiction author Mercedes Richie Lackey was born in Chicago on June 24, 1950, and she received a B.S. from Purdue University in 1972. She is also a professional lyricist and has rehabilitated raptors. Lackey started writing her own short stories when her favorite science fiction and fantasy authors weren't producing new books fast enough for her. She began writing professionally with the encouragement of author C. J. Cherryh, whom Lackey had met at a science fiction convention. Many of Lackey's books, including the Queen's Own trilogy, the Vows and Honor series, Valdemar: family Spies, and the Last Herald-Mage and Mage Winds trilogies, take place in the imaginary world of Valdemar. She has authored numerous series, including the Bardic Voices series and a series of occult mysteries featuring Diana Tregarde, a modern-day witch. Lackey enjoys collaborating and has co-written books with authors such as C.J. Cherryh, Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mark Shepherd, and Ru Emerson. Her title Redoubt made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005.

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