Vanyel, the most powerful mage in his kingdom, is sent to investigate a series of mysterious attacks along Valdemar’s border in this fast-paced fantasy adventure for fans of Kristen Britain and Robin Hobb
Come along for the ride as New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey returns to one of her most beloved heroes!
Herald-Mage Vanyel has been good friends with the acerbic, take-no-prisoners Healer Vixen for quite some time, since they shared a circuit on the Pelagirs Border. He tempers her somewhat prickly demeanor; she has no patience with his Byronic Brooding. They've often run into each other out in the borderlands where he is most needed, and in a crisis, they work together like the proverbial well-oiled machine.
And a crisis is what seems to be occurring, this time in the south, in the unclaimed lands between Valdemar and Rethwellan. Someone—or several someones—is possibly coordinating attacks both physical and magical across the border, but the attacks are seemingly at random, and without rhyme or reason.
Discovering what is truly going on will take as much spycraft as magic, and will need someone who will be welcome without question outside of Valdemar. That is where Vixen comes in: even prickly-tempered Healers are welcome everywhere. This will be the first time they have been paired up for what looks to be a long mission. Can their friendship handle that much close contact? Will they uncover what is really going on in the south?
And what if this is all a trap, designed specifically to keep Vanyel, the most powerful Herald-Mage in Valdemar, from protecting the Crown?
Vanyel, the most powerful mage in his kingdom, is sent to investigate a series of mysterious attacks along Valdemar’s border in this fast-paced fantasy adventure for fans of Kristen Britain and Robin Hobb
Come along for the ride as New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey returns to one...