Corners a bit bumped, light crease on spine. A bright, attractive copy. "Talia could scarcely believe that she had finally earned the rank of full Herald. Yet though this seemed like the fulfillment of all her dreams, it also meant she would face trials greater than those she had previously survived. For now Talia must ride forth to patrol the kingdom of Valdemar, dispensing Herald's justice throughout the land. But in this realm beset by dangerous unrest, enforcing her rulings would require all the courage and skill Talia could command - for if she misused her own special powers, bot... View More...
Spine slightly slanted and lightly creased. A bright, attractive copy. "Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining, Talia, once a run-away, has now become a trainee Herald, destined to become one of the Queen's own elite guard. For Talia has certain awakening talents of the mind that only a Companion like Rolan can truly sense. But as Talia struggles to master her unique abilities, time is running out. For conspiracy is brewing in Valdemar, a deadly treason which could destroy Queen and kingdom.." This trilogy, The Heralds of Valdemar,... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, somewhat creased, minor edge wear and rubbing, light reading crease, some cover creasing. A good reading copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 492 pages; "Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments - training horses and hunting. But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her ancestral home was attacked, her father slain, ... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; Valdemar; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 418 pages; " Mags had slaved at the gem mines for as long as he could remember, completely unaware of how unusual his paltry existence was - until some strangers on huge white horses forced their way past the mine owners and carried him away to Haven to become a Herald Trainee. " Suddenly the whole world opened up for him. He was warm and well fed for the first time in his life, and he had Dallen, his Companion, who seemed more miraculous than an angel. But the world of th... View More...
0756406900 Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Valdemar; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 391 pages;
The story of Mags and his companion, Dallen, continues. In training as a Herald, he feels isolated, with Lena and Bear his only friends. Mags is looking for answers about his parents but falls under suspicion by ForeSeers because of his 'foreign blood'. "How could Mags defend himself against a crime that hadn't yet been committed?" View More...
Spine slightly rolled, a little edge wear and rubbing. Dampstains and wrinkling to lower portion of about 50 pages. Text is clear and unmarked. A good reading copy. Part of the Diana Tregarde series. "It should have been a relaxing visit with an old friend, a chance to check out the strange occult vibrations around Tulsa's Jenks High. Di hadn't expected to find a malevolent combination of Sex and Blood Magic roiling beneath apparently normal teenage jealousies and infatuations. The focus seems to be Deke Kestrel, the son of Di's old ghost-hunting buddy. There's nothing unusual about De... View More...
Minor edgewear, small crease at one corner. A bright, attractive copy. "First there was the song. Several years back, Mercedes Lackey wrote "Lammas Night", a spooky, supernatural ballad that ended with the wizard protagonist facing a very perilous choice that was left to the listener to decide. Then came the birthday present that wasn't. Bill Jahnel and friends put together a collection of endings for the song, intending to offer it as a tribute to Mercedes, known to her friends as "Misty." However, the best laid plans often do not come off as intended. The project wa... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, binding tight. A bright, attractive copy. "Darian's parents had been hunters who worked in the Pelagiris forest, trapping the bizarre change-creatures which had been created by the mage-storms, and selling their fantastic hides. But . . . their last expedition . . they never returned. Now Darian is apprenticed to Wizard Justyn, a kindly old man who insists that Darian has 'talent.' But Darian has no interest in magic, and . . . finds solace in the forest. And it is from this secret retreat on the edge of the Pelagiris that Darian... View More...
One corner slightly bumped. A bright, tight, attractive copy. A Cinderella story set in post-World War I England for grown-up science fiction and fantasy fans with the inimitable twists and turns that Mercedes Lackey's readers have come to expect. "Eleanor Robinson's life had fallen apart. She had spent years trying to convince Papa to send her to Oxford; her only wish to study great literature at Oxford's new women's college. It hadn't mattered that they didn't grant degrees to women - she would be satisfied just to immerse herself in her studies at that venerable institution. And she ... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Valdemar; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 463 pages; As mysterious, magical onslaughts ravage Valdemar and the kingdoms of the West, the western allies have traveled far to locate the ruins of the Tower of Urtho, Mage of Silence, and excavate his legendary Vault, hidden stronghold of some of the most powerful magical weapons ever devised. They now know that the mage storms are an 'echo' through time of the prehistoric Cataclysm which permanently warped their world more than two thousand years ago. "But Urtho's Vault is not the onl... View More...
0886776619 Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. A somewhat tight, attractive copy. ; Valdemar; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 428 pages; "Karse and Valdemar have long been enemy kingdoms - their peoples filled with mutual prejudice and mistrust. Only the vile deeds perpetrated on both kingdoms by Ancar of Hardorn, and the subsequent emergence of the armies of the Eastern Empire in the wake of his defeat, have forced these two so-different lands into an uneasy alliance. "Forced to combat this dire foe, not only must traditional enemies unite, but the Companions may, at last, have to... View More...
0886777208 Spine a bit slanted, creased, reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. Overall a nice copy. ; This appears to be a paperback original, first printing. ; Valdemar; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 350 pages;
"Meet with a Herald-assasin known only to the Queen ... Learn why in Karse, a question can be deadlier than any sword ... And discover how for two lifebonded Heralds justice prevails over honor, in eighteen original stories of valor and magic, including three coauthored by Mercedes Lackey herself. " View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Valdemar; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 435 pages; "Skif was an orphan. For as lomg as he could remember he had worked as a drudge in his Uncle Londer's dreary inn in the slums of Haven. Sleeping on a pile of rags under the stairs, wakened before dawn to do the lowliest and filthiest of tasks, Skif would have died from malnutrition and exposure if he had never met Deke. Deke was a pickpocket. The oldest member of a group of young boys who, with the guidance of their teacher and lea... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, minor edge wear and rubbing. Overall a nice copy. ; Valdemar; 6" - 7" Tall; 302 pages; "The Swordswoman - she was Tarma. Born to the Clan of the Hawk of the nomadic Shin'a'in people, she saw her entire clan slain by brigands. Vowing blood revenge upon the murderers, she became one of the sword sworn, the most elite of all warriors. And trained in all forms of death-dealing combat, she took to the road in search of her enemies. "And the Sorceress - she was Kethry. Born to a noble house, sold into a hateful 'marriage,' she fled life's harshn... View More...
075640696X Spine slanted, creased, some edge wear and rubbing, a little cover creasing. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall a nice copy. ; This appears to be a paperback original, first printing. ; Valdemar; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 343 pages;
"Seventeen all-original stories of the Heralds, Bards, and Healers - Valdemar's elite protective forces -- including a new novella by Mercedes Lackey View More...
0671578057 Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; Paperback original, first printing. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 274 pages; "Lope through the night with a young woman who has been given the power to transform herself into a leopard, but who now finds herself pursued by a hunter who is more than human. Follow the adventures of Skitty, ship's cat extraordinaire, and telepathic problem - solver. Ride with a late night driver on a solitary road who learns that what appears to be a piece of cardboard blowing across the road is actually something very sinister ... View More...
