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Title details for Into the West by Mercedes Lackey - Available

Into the West

#2 in series

by Mercedes Lackey
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The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this second book in the new series from a New York Times-bestselling author and beloved fantasist.
Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Those who are willing to make a further trek by barge on into the West will follow him into a wilderness depopulated by war and scarred by the terrible magics of a thousand years ago and the Mage Wars. But the wilderness is not as "empty" as it seems. There are potential friends and rapacious foes....
 
....and someone is watching them.
 

  • Creators

  • Series

    Founding of Valdemar

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 13, 2022

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780756417376

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780756417376
      • File size: 3314 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 31, 2022
      Bestseller Lackey’s gripping second Founding of Valdemar fantasy (after Beyond) finds Kordas, the former Duke of Valdemar, and his roughly 15,000 constituents having escaped the clutches of an evil empire and set up camp along a seemingly unoccupied lakeshore. But their sense of success is short-lived as they discover that the land they’re on is already claimed. Kordas has no desire to wage war against the land’s rightful inhabitants, leaving him with no choice but to lead his people onward once more. Using magical gates, the expedition tow their barges across uncharted waters and forests, passing through the site of the Mage Wars that wreaked havoc some 500 years ago. There, gruesome creatures lurk among the ruins, and Kordas’s convoy must find a way around them to survive. The high stakes and the dangerous journey keep the story moving at a brisk pace. Lackey’s characters, meanwhile, are admirable as ever as they learn to work together. Series fans will not be disappointed. Agent: Russell Galen, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary.

    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2022

      Beyond, the first book of Lackey's "Founding of Valdemar" series, took readers back to before Valdemar even existed. Where that was a political story of machinations, shenanigans, and corruption and especially escape from all of the above, this newest is the story of what happens next. The people of Valdemar are on the run from the Empire, and it's up to the Baron to lead them to a place they can call home. As the exiles face magical and mundane threats on every side, the biggest risk is that they'll fall prey to the temptation to slip back into the bad old ways of the corrupt empire they are fleeing. It falls to the Baron to not just lead them to freedom, but to figure out what kind of people they'll be when they get there. VERDICT Lackey combines an epic journey with political adventures, deadly misadventures, encounters with old friends and new enemies, along with a touch of a coming-of-age story in this marvelous read that will please long-time Valdemar fans with its tale of the creation of this beloved place and its world.--Marlene Harris

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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