Foundation : The Collegium Chronicles (Valdemar)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423307925 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 534 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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But the world of the Collegium was not all heavenly. Then some strangers on huge white horses forced their way past the Pieters family and carried him away to Haven to become a Herald Trainee.Suddenly the whole world opened up for him. But Mags was different.Mags was “Bad Blood,” because his parents were bandits who had been killed in a raid by the Royal Guard. When he was big enough to see over the sides of the sluices he had gone to work at the mine. He was warm and well fed for the first time in his life, and he had Dallen, his Companion, who seemed more
She is the coauthor, with Andre Norton, of the Halfblood Chronicles, including Elvenborn. . She lives in Oklahoma. Mercedes Lackey is the author of the Valdemar series, including Take a Thief and Exile's Honor. Some of her other novels include The Gates of Sleep, Sacred Ground, The Firebird, The Black Swan, and The Serpent's Shadow
"Good start to a decent series" according to octobercountry. I recently read Mercedes Lackey's five-volume series "The Collegium Chronicles." The books, in order, are:FoundationIntriguesChangesRedoubtBastionHere, why don't I jot down a few words about the entire series, and not just the first book (no plot spoilers).Lackey is perhaps best known for her long-running series about the fantasy kingdom . "Sometimes you can't go home again" according to P. T. Hill. I was pretty excited about a new series from Mercedes Lackey. And while I've loved the Valdemar books from the beginning, this entire series disappointed me. It's Mercedes Lackey, so it's not going to be horrible! The ideas are good, and I like that the story is set at a time close to the founding of the Herald's Collegium, when Valdemar . new for young readers With a main character who starts out as a slave and then is going through the Collegium, this is definately aimed at the younger readers BUT unlike a lot of Ms Lackey's long term readers I enjoyed this story. Too many out there seem to expect too much out of a book. It was a fun read, especially for someone home in bed sick. No it wasn't
At that time, the system of heraldic training was changing from one-on-one apprenticeship to the collegial system used by Healers and Bards, because there were too many trainees for the old system. Though similar in some ways to both Brightly Burning (2000) and Take a Thief (2001), this book’s outstanding characters, especially Mags, will greatly please Valdemar fans. From Booklist The new Valdemar novel takes place earlier in the kingdom’s history than has any other, set when the Heralds’ collegium was established. Thanks to court intrigues and an attempt by foreign infiltrators to trick Valdemar to its disadvantage, Lackey makes a real page-turner out of Mags’ and the collegia’s development. --Frieda Murray . Young Mags, an orphan who drudges for a greedy, cruel mine owner, is Chosen and eventually brought to Haven for training, where his goodheartedness and near-total ignorance make him very dependent on his companion. Some