Mercedes Lackey
1) Beyond
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Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, his father gathered magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny. One of the Duchy's mages find there is a way to place a Gate at a distance so far from the Empire...
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"Set in the beloved and bestselling world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons. On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops, but caused a diplomatic crisis. Frustrated by his lack of a hero's welcome, Kelvren is talked into helping with an expedition by his...
3) Jolene
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Elemental masters volume 16
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"Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter's health-and lessen the burden on their family-Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman and an Elemental Master, in a holler outside of Ducktown. As she settles into her new life, Anna learns new skills at Aunt Jinny's side and discovers that she, too, has a gift...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
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Lavan, brought to the capital city of Haven against his will, suffers humiliation and beatings at the hands of his classmates until his rage transforms him into something fearsome and powerful--with training, he will become the most notorious Herald in Valdemar's history.
5) Valdemar
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"The refugees from the Empire have established a thriving city called Haven with the help of the Tayledras and their allies. But the Tayledras have begun a slow withdrawal to the dangerous lands known as the Pelagirs, leaving the humans of Haven to find their own way. But even with Haven settled, the lands around Haven are not without danger. Most of the danger comes in the form of magicians: magicians taking advantage of the abundant magical energy...
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Valdemar universe. Mage wars volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 18
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Rebuilding their city in the ten years after a magical Cataclysm kills their leader and forces them to the white cliffs by the Western Ocean, the people of Urthos must fight the Court of the Black Kings to keep their hard-won home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
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Alberich, formerly of Karse and now a herald of Valdemar, has survived the Tedrel War only to find himself cast in the role of protector to the new young Queen Selenay. Now he has to protect her from the political maneuvering of courtiers and nobles who will try to force her into a marriage to control her.
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Valdemar universe. Heralds of Valdemar volume 5
DAW book collectors volume no. 1199
Valdemar ; Heralds of Valdemar volume 04
Valdemar Anthologies
DAW book collectors volume no. 1199
Valdemar ; Heralds of Valdemar volume 04
Valdemar Anthologies
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15
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Talia, a runaway Holdgirl, is chosen to become a trainee herald in the queen's elite guard and to care for young Princess Elspeth, heir to the throne. The sequels are Arrow's Flight (1987) and Arrow's Fall (1988). The author's Last Herald Mage series (Magic's Pawn, 1989; Magic's Price, 1990; and Magic's Promise, 1990), and her Mage Winds trilogy (Winds of Fate, 1991; Winds of Change, 1992; and Winds of Fury, 1993) are set in the same world. The Black...
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Valdemar universe. Mage wars volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 19
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In the fantasy city of White Gryphon, the rulers have created a new elite force to protect the city, the Silver Gryphons. Two of its members, Tad and Blade, are assigned to a remote outpost, but to get there they must cross unexplored and dangerous territory. By the author of The White Gryphon.
11) This rough magic
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Heirs of Alexandria volume 2
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The demon sorcerer Chernobog, having failed in his attempt to gain power over Venice, enters into an alliance with the King of Hungary to seize control of Corfu, an island that holds the key to controlling the Adriatic.
12) Aerie
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Kiron and his friends, established in a desert cliff dwelling seemingly made for dragons, must not only bring order to the new society, but be on guard against Magi who might try to achieve conquest surreptitiously after failing to win with violence.
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IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
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A former captain in the Army of Karse, Alberich must take a perilous stand when his long-hidden psychic talents are revealed, and he is rescued from certain death and chosen to serve the queen of Valdemar, Karse's archenemy.
14) Oathblood
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 18
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This exciting new anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in the unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they...
15) Oathbreakers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 14
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Mage and warrior Kethry and Tarma set out to break the dark spell that has fallen over their sister mercenary Idra's homeland.
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"Space travel is tough. No air, cosmic radiation, absolute lack of other life-sustaining essentials. What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies? In a future world where zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist with 'normal' humans on Earth, these ships are staffed by a motley crew of various types of undead or near-dead creatures. Of course no...
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Valdemar universe. Mage wars volume 1
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A fantastic odyssey into the magical prehistory of the world of Valdemar--when Valdemar is as yet unformed--follows the perilous quest of the gryphon Skandranon Rashkae as he braves the dark spells and evil forces of Ma'ar.
18) Joust
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Dragon jousters volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
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Vetch, an Altan serf, must learn the secret of the Tian jousters and their dragons in order to save his people.
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Heirs of Alexandria volume 4
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A diplomatic mission leads to Prince Manfred, his bodyguard Erik, and his knights of the Holy Trinity being caught in an inter-clan civil war, rescuing a fugitive woman and her injured brother, and becoming involved in the problems of Prince Vlad, Duke of Valahia--and the ancient magical forces surrounding him.
20) Alta
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 24
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Raising a dragon from infancy to form a special bond, Tian dragon-boy Vetch and his crimson dragonet Avatre arrive in Alta where he must gain the trust of his countrymen to fulfill his dreams of becoming the leader of the Altan Jousters.