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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey's bestselling world, a thirteen-year-old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. Thrust into the center of a legend in the making, Magpie discovers talents he never knew he had--and witnesses the founding of the great Heralds' Collegium.
Author
Series
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
328 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mags was an orphan who had slaved in a gem mine for all his young life. Found in a bandit camp when he was an infant, he was taken in by Cole Pieters, who owned the mine. Pieters constantly told him that he had 'bad blood' and would never amount to anything. Had he not been Chosen by his Companion, Dallen, and taken to Haven to be trained in the new Herald Collegium, he probably would have died before he reached adulthood. Now, Mags was never hungry...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Orphan Magpie pursues his quest for his parent's identity with burning urgency -- while also discovering another hidden talent and being trained by the King's Own Herald as an undercover agent for Valdemar. Shy Bardic Trainee Lena has to face her famous but uncaring father, one of Valdemar's most renowned Bards. And Healing Trainee Bear must struggle against his disapproving parents, who are pressuring Bear to quit the Healers' Collegium because he...
Author
Series
Heralds of Valdemar volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Penguin Putnam
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
351 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Skif, an orphan who is forced to sleep on the kitchen floor of his uncle's inn, has learned how to sneak into the castles of the upper class by dressing as a page so that he can steal enough food and drink to survive, but when he meets Deek, he decides to join his gang of pickpockets and start earning his living on the streets.
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mags returns to the Collegium, but there are mixed feelings -- his included -- about him actually remaining there. No one doubts that he is and should be a Herald, but he is afraid that his mere presence is going to incite more danger right in the heart of Valdemar. The heads of the Collegia are afraid that coming back to his known haunt is going to give him less protection than if he went into hiding. Everyone decides that going elsewhere is the...
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