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It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, and magic is still a wild and uncontrolled force.
Skandranon Rashkae is perhaps the finest specimen of his race, with gleaming ebony feathers, majestic wingspan, keen magesight and sharp intelligence. Courageous, bold, and crafty, Skan is everything a gryphon should be. He is the fulfillment of everything that the Mage of Silence, the human sorcerer called Urtho, intended to achieve when he created these magical beings to be his champions, the defenders of his realm--a verdant plain long coveted by the evil mage Maar.
Now Maar is once again advancing on Urtho's Keep, this time with a huge force spearheaded by magical constructs of his own--cruel birds of prey ready to perform any evil their creator may demand of them. And when one of Urtho's Seers wakes from a horrifying vision in which she sees a devastating magical weapon being placed in the hands of Maar's common soldiers, Skandrannon is sent to spy across enemy lines, cloaked in the protective of Urtho's powerful Spell of Silence.
- Format: MassMarketPaperback
- Author: Lackey, Mercedes
- ISBN: 9780886776435
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 6.88 x 1.27
- Number Of Pages: 464
- Publication Year: 1995
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Grabs you and never loosens its grip.
Kristin E. - 2 years 10 months agoThis book is the first in a series of three and serves as the sort of introduction that grabs you and never loosens its grip. Alongside the titular Black Gryphon - just one of several nonhumans - the main cast of characters is varied and complex, each with a story of their own within the larger plot. Surrounded by the horrors of a long war with monsters and men alike, life goes on. Action and danger highlight the poignant interpersonal moments that much more, and this author does a spectacular job of making her characters read as real people - despite the fact that some are magical creatures! If you like fantasy, if you've ever enjoyed an Anne McCaffrey novel, you will love this book and this author.
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