The Robin and the Kestrel, Mercedes Lackey
The Robin and the Kestrel, Mercedes Lackey
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The Robin and the Kestrel

Author: Mercedes Lackey

Narrator: Christa Lewis

Unabridged: 12 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/10/2022

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons, Epic


Synopsis

Rune, Robin, and Nightingale. Together they will save us all. (If we're very lucky)

Rune: She ran away from an abusive home to become the greatest violinist her world had ever known—and when The Ghost of Skull Hill tried to stop her, she played him to sleep!

Robin: No mean musician herself, she must make her own visit to Skull Hill—to recruit the dreadful ghost to their cause.

Nightingale: Alone she could accomplish nothing. So she joined forces with T'fyrr, a strange nonhuman with the face of a raptor and the voice of an angelic choir.

This unlikely set of heroes had the daunting task of saving the King—and through him the Gypsies, Free Bards, and non-humans of the twenty kingdoms. Fortunately, their opponents had no idea how potent a weapon music could be . . .

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 Kathy

Second in the Bardic Voices fantasy series and revolving around the Free Bards. The couple focus is on the newlyweds, Robin and Johnny Brede. My Take It's a tale of bigotry that's being promoted by a "Church" that supposedly speaks of love and tolerance, but only approves of music or healing performed......more

Reread as part of my ongoing shelf audit. Verdict: Not a Lackey I'll return to. (I happen to own only books 2 and 3 of this series. My decision stands for both, but I'm leaving my 2008 ratings in place for the rest of the series since I haven't reread them.) Ultimately, I realized at the end of this b......more

I enjoyed this book, but not quite as much as the first book. I didn’t like the main characters as much as I had liked Rune in the previous book. Rune had the better personality, and a common-sense attitude that made me root for her success. Robin, the main female character in this book, got on my n......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

There's a lot more politics than I remember from when I was younger, but I probably blocked it out. Definitely still a great story, and oddly applicable in today's atmosphere.........more