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Title	:	The Black Gryphon (Valdemar: Mage Wars #1)
Author	:	Mercedes Lackey
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 460 pages
Published	:	January 1995 by DAW (first published January 1st 1994)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

The Black Gryphon (Valdemar: Mage Wars #1)

Mercedes Lackey

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 460 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 13322 Users | 260 Reviews

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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.

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Original Title:	The Black Gryphon
ISBN:	0886776430 (ISBN13: 9780886776435)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Valdemar: Mage Wars #1, Valdemar (Chronological) #1, Valdemar (Publication order) #13 , more

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Ratings: 4.06 From 13322 Users | 260 Reviews

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Mercedes Lackey has to be one of my favourite fantasy authors ever. Her talent for creating believable magical worlds and elegant, mystical creatures shines in this book. It's a gripping read from start to finish.

*actual rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars*This book was interesting, mainly because of the characters. They are all really well-written and are the saving grace of this story. Unfortunately, the lack of world-building got me. I was confused about much of what was going on at the beginning of the book, so much so that characters had been introduced and had several scenes before relevant gender or species information was provided. It made it very hard to picture what was happening and what everyone

This is a truly brilliant example of a full-blown three-dimensional nonhuman character. Skandranan is proud, vain, reckless, loyal, fierce and completely loveable. He's a gryphon, the ultimate predator who always manages to come back from one-way missions. He's one the front lines of a magic war the good guys are losing. So Skandranan goes on one last heroic mission - that will either save everyone or destroy everything.I love Mercedes Lackey, and this book is the pinnacle as to why. Her

This review has been crossposted from my blog at The Cosy Dragon . Please head there for more in-depth reviews by me, which appear on a timely schedule.Skan is a powerful gryphon, a creation of the mage Urtho. Fearless and brave, little does he know he's going to fall for a cull gryphon. With the help of his friend Amberdrake, they will have to overcome the final treachery.There's so many tiny storylines in this novel that you hardly get a sense of the overall war. However, it's clear that there

Revisiting another of my favorite Mercedes Lackey books found me smiling in remembrance; I hadn't marked this as 'read' in my time on Goodreads, but the instant familiarity means it must have been one of the last books I read before I joined this site. I knew I had read it, but it was so familiar that it can't have been that long ago I read it. Like with many of Lackey's books, the war is only secondary to the relationships of the characters. There is rich history here, and the stories all

This is the first book of the Valdemar series - chronologically. It's good as far as introducing the beginning of things, but I found it a bit slow. It seemed to drag out some things that might have been better if they'd been moved along a little faster. However, it was a great introduction and I am looking forward to continuing on with the series.

I love this story so much! It really throws you into the thick of things immediately and has you falling in love with the characters very quickly. Skandranon and Amberdrake are such fascinating, individual characters. I love how individual Skandranon is, he's this snarky arrogant gryphon and yet you adore his personality so much. Amberdrake has such a caring soul and so much pain in his past. Yet he strives everyday to use that pain to understand and help others. I enjoy the idea of his