Magpie is a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, Haven, to be trained as a Herald. Like all Heralds, Magpie learns that he has a hidden Gift-the Gift of telepathy.
But life...
Watch for the signs! What signs these shall be, I say unto you: first the earth will flow with the blood of Aen Seidhe, the Blood of Elves…
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times...
Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a
distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his
father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria,
Jevick’s...