By the Sword, Mercedes Lackey
By the Sword, Mercedes Lackey
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By the Sword

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 19 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/14/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments—training horses and hunting.

But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped.

About Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the bestselling Heralds Of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeremy on November 30, 2011

There's no question in my mind that this is the best Valdemar book by far. (It might partly be because Kerowyn is so very much the fantasy heroine I would want to be - tough, practical, supremely competent, and principled, although regrettably straight.) The three sections are very nearly complete s......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on June 08, 2021

I’ve read this book so many times I actually need to get a new copy because my copy is falling apart. I love Kerowyn and you see her in many of the other Valdemar books so if you have read those and wonder how she became who she is, this book tells her story. Readers see Kerowyn turn from this shelt......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on February 06, 2010

Kind of Tarma and Keth ride again, for fans of those series. More accurately, Tarma and Keth: The Next Generation. Kerowyn, is the daughter of Keth, one of the two main characters in the "Vows and Honor" trilogy. Her mother was the odd one out in the family, uninterested in weapons or magic, and lef......more