Mercedes Lackey
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| Title | : | Exile's Valor (Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel #2) |
| Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 438 pages |
| Published | : | October 5th 2004 by DAW (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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I don't think this is quite as strong a book as Exile's Honor, but I like it well enough. The primary plot (Selenay being a featherheaded teenager) is eyeroll-inducing at best, but I do like just about everything from Alberich's perspective, and his romance is charming and realistic, which is a nice change from all of the fated and sort of dire pairings we've seen so far.Two small rants, though:
- Selenay is the Queen, had been raised from birth to rule, in an environment that has been firmly established to teach practical politics very, very well. How the hell is she not aware that a neighboring country has unmarried Princes of more or less relevant ages? They have treaties! Trade agreements! Ambassadors back and forth! The few pages she spends wondering if there are any eligible foreign men about undercut that entire plot for me. There's just no frigging way she's ignorant about such a fundamental detail.
- A lot of people gripe about Herald Myste, Lackey's admitted author-insertion character. I like her, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. The name is a bit over the top, perhaps, but she's a good character who fits a useful role in the story, and has many fewer Mary Sue qualities than, say, Vanyel (who is perfect in every way.) There are damned few middle-aged women who get to do awesome things in fantasy novels, and the more, the better. Especially when they get the guy in the end, too.
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| Original Title: | Exile's Valor (Heralds of Valdemar, #7) |
| ISBN: | 0756402212 (ISBN13: 9780756402211) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Heralds of Valdemar - Prequel #2, Valdemar (Chronological) #25, Valdemar (Publication order) #28 , more |
| Characters: | Alberich, Selenay, Lord Orthallen, Gwena, Herald Jadus, Talamir, Companion Rolan |
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Continuing the story started in Exiles Honor, the Tedrel Wars are over, and we return to a somewhat subdued Valdemar. The King has been killed and the new Queen Selenay has yet to finish her year of mourning before people start to push potential husbands on her, in the belief that a woman cannot hold the throne alone. And Alberich is slowly working to uncover a plot that threatens Selenay, and perhaps all of Valdemar itself.Whereas a good half of the previous novel featuring Alberich as a main
They really need to stop trying to number the Valdemar books. It's very confusing. This is part of a duology about Alberich, the Weaponsmaster. (Exile's Honor is the companion volume.)It's a great deal of fun to wander around inside the head of the character who strikes such fear into Collegium students.
Exciting, intrigue, danger, miscommunication, sadness, trickery...unresolved ending, loose threads dangle...
Wonderful telling of HOW the Weaponsmaster in Arrow's trilogy & "To Take a Thief" came to be respected by the Queen & those she trusts, as well as what happened with Elspeth's father.
That's about it really. It took me this long because I kept putting it down and I had to keep reading it over and over and over-because I kept forgetting what I'd read in the book. :/ Oh well. At least in Alberich's defense, he's not ablest, he's willing to work with you if you disabled/lost a limb/etc.
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