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Storm Warnings [112-4.0]

By: Mercedes Lackey

Synopsis:

In Storm Warning, the first volume of the Mage Storms trilogy,

Mercedes Lackey returns readers to a war-ravaged Valdemar at the moment
when Queen Selenay is attempting to effect a fragile new alliance with
the neighboring kingdom of Karse. It is a venture that must not fail
if either realm is to have any hope of surviving the coming
confrontation with the massive armies of the ancient and enigmatic
Eastern Empire.

But Karse and Valdemar have been enemies for generations, and their
peoples are filled with prejudice and mistrust that may be impossible
to overcome. Even the young Karsite representative to the Valdemaran
court finds it difficult to accept that the Heralds aren't "White

Demons" and that the Companions aren't "Hellhorses," as most Karsites
have for so long believed. Only the vile deeds perpetrated on both
kingdoms by Ancar of Hardorn and the subsequent emergence of the armies
of the Eastern Empire in the wake of his defeat forced these two
so-different lands into an uneasy coalition.

For the Eastern Empire, which has long been isolated and shrouded in
spell-fueled obscurity, is ruled by a monarch whose motives are unknown
and whose magical tactics may prove too powerful a match for even the
most advanced sorceries practiced by the Western kingdoms.

Forced to combat this mysterious and deadly foe, not only must two
traditional enemies unite, but the Companions may at last be forced to
reveal secrets which they have kept hidden for centuries ... even from
their beloved Heralds.


NOVELS BY MERCEDES LACKEY

available from DAW Books

THE MAGE WARS

THE BLACK GRYPHON

THE WHITE GRYPHON

THE SILVER GRYPHON

THE BOOKS OF THE LAST HERALD-MAGE