This stand-alone novel in the best-selling Valdemar series tells the story of Alberich...
When Alberich took a stand for what he believed in-and defected-he was chosen by one of the magical Companion horses...to serve the queen of Valdemar.
It has been nearly 16 years since Mercedes Lackey's first Valdemar novel, Arrows of the Queen (February 1987). In that time, the world in which Valdemar is but a single country has become a rich and varied place full of all manner of wonderful folk, from the heroic Heralds of Valdemar to the
Mags was a Herald of Valdemar. But he had once lived the brutal life of a child slave. When he was Chosen by his Companion Dallen, his young life was saved, and he slowly adjusted to being well fed, educated, and treasured as a trainee in the Herald's Collegium at Haven. Singled out by the King's
Podczas wspaniałej podróży po Królestwie Valdemaru, Talia, pasowana na Osobistego Herolda Królowej, doskonale wie, że nie wolno jej igrać swoimi nadzwyczajnymi umiejętnościami i darami, bo mogłoby to ją i Valdemar drogo kosztować.
