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Winds of Fate

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by Mercedes Lackey
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New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey takes readers on a thrilling sword and sorcery adventure with this first installment in the Mage Winds epic fantasy series!

With high magic lost and darkness looming over Valdemar, the heir to the throne must find a way to awaken her powers . . .

High magic had been lost to Valdemar centuries ago when the lost Herald-Mage gave his life to save the kingdom from destruction by dark sorceries. Yet now the realm is at risk again. And Elspeth—Herald and heir to the throne—must take up the challenge, abandoning her home to find a mentor who can awaken her untrained mage abilities. But others, too, are being caught up in a war against sorcerous evil.
The Tayledras scout Darkwind is the first to stumble across the menace creeping forth from the “Uncleansed Lands.” And as sorcery begins to take its toll, Darkwind may be forced to call upon powers he has sworn never to use again if he and his people are to survive an enemy able to wreak greater devastation with spells of destruction than with swords . . .
New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey ushers in a new era of the Valdemar saga with Winds of Fate, the first sword and sorcery adventure in the Mage Winds epic fantasy series!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Mage Winds

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 7, 1992

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781101127858

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781101127858
      • File size: 1928 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 7.3
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 6

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 6, 1992
      First of a new trilogy, Lackey's fantasy novel, again set in the imperiled magical realm of Valdemar, features strong and believable men, women and creatures.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 30, 1991
      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. 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. 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. 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. After Darkwind saves Elspeth, the two join forces to save his people. 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.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:7.3
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:6

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