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Title	:	Winds of Fate (Valdemar: Mage Winds #1)
Author	:	Mercedes Lackey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 458 pages
Published	:	July 7th 1992 by DAW (first published July 1st 1992)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

Winds of Fate (Valdemar: Mage Winds #1) Paperback | Pages: 458 pages

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Lackey, who has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen in 1987, scores another hit with the paperback release of the first book in an exciting new series. High magic had been lost to Valdemar when Vanyel gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries. Now it falls to Elspeth -- Herald, heir to the throne -- to take up the challenge and seek a mentor who will awaken her mage abilities.

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Original Title:	Winds of Fate
ISBN:	0886775167 (ISBN13: 9780886775162)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Valdemar: Mage Winds #1, Valdemar (Chronological) #31, Valdemar (Publication order) #10 , more
Characters:	Talia Sensdaughter, Queen Selenay of Valdemar, Kerowyn, Herald Skif, Darkwind, Gwena, Nyara, Need, Treyvan, Hydona, Starblade, Dawnfire, Quenten, Ancar, King Faram, Princess Elspeth of Valdemar

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Again this series was recommended by a friend who responded to my dislike of a Valdemar trilogy I read previously. Here we meet Skiff, a name I transcribe as heard because I listened to these books rather than reading them. Skiff is a theif, redeemed by the Heralds when he was Choosen and trained to be an assassin. The reader gave him a Cockney Scottish I don't know what guttersnipe voice that seemed like all the others to gain in confidence throughout the three novels. I appreciate the hands

I have mixed feelings about this book. I like Darkwind and Elspeth a lot, and I like the overall storyline about Elspeth bringing magic (and the knowledge of the Tayledras) back to Valdemar. I liked the whole thing with the ruined Heartstone and Darkwind's struggles with his father. All of this was good.But I don't like how casually Lackey uses rape to get her point across. (Yes, we get it, Falconsbane is evil. Really, really evil.) I also don't like how easily rape victims in her books recover

Back in the heady days of 2016, when some of us thought there might be a chance of electing a woman as president of the US (and yes, it matters that it is the president of the US and not some other country; lovely as it is that countries like Iceland have had female presidents, they're not empires, are they? What we need to see are presidents of empires, and running down women who run for those kinds of positions of power as not being trailblazers is just another way of kowtowing to the

3.5 starsLackey definitely does better when she focuses on a single main plot. Going back and forth between the two sides here left it pretty obvious how and when they were going to merge - and made me wonder just how quickly those Companions can ride because Elspeth and Skif got down there way too fast. This was a tighter story and faster-paced, and getting all the aspects of this story and conflict without having to rely on second- or even third-hand information allowed it to flow better.I was

http://bookslifewine.com/r-winds-of-f...This is it. The book that started it all. The beginning of my Mercedes Lackey habit and my Fantasy journey. For me, Everything Valdemar begins with Elspeth. From my review of By the Sword : I first met Mercedes Lackey while browsing the stacks at the public library in my home town. I don't remember what grade I was in but I was somewhere in the area that covers both Middle and High school. Regardless, before Mercedes Lackey, I'd mostly read a lot of

3/3.5 - this is a tricky one to rate! Headline - i enjoyed it. So this is my first Mercedes Lackey story and although I know its probably not the best place to start in her Valdemar series, I didnt feel at a disadvantage. I effortlessly fell into this world and so far, i like what i read. The world building is intricate and were introduced to several different peoples in this world but at no point is it info-dumpy nor are there large portions of the story intended to catch us up with the greater

If you're new to Lackey and the Valdemir series, I wouldn't begin with this book: I don't think the book, or the trilogy it is a part of, is the strongest in this series, and it would be a spoiler for the earlier trilogy that starts with Arrows of the Queen. Go back and read those first, and if you like them, I think you'll enjoy this tale of Elspeth, a character in earlier books, coming into her own. I enjoy Lackey's "Vows and Honors" series as well with Tarma and Kethry, and in the precursor