Title: Exile's Valor
Title Record # 28469
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Date: 2003-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Heralds of Valdemar: Alberich's Tale
Series Number: 2
Language: English
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Author: Mercedes Lackey
Date: 2003-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Heralds of Valdemar: Alberich's Tale
Series Number: 2
Language: English
Note: This title is actually the second prequel to the Heralds of Valdemar series.
Synopsis: From the flaps of the DAW first edition: "Alberich was a Herald of Valdemar, but once he had been a captain in the army of Karse. It hadn't been easy for Alberich to transfer his loyalties to the kingdom he had considered an enemy all his life. And it had also been hard for the court of Valdemar to accept a Karsite who had become a Herald, to trust that Alberich would not betray his adopted country. But Alberich had more than proved himself during the Tedrel War. Alberich's bravery during the war was unequaled on the field, and his loyalty was uncompromising. He had almost single-handedly turned the tide of battle, thereby winning honor and respect from the troops, and also victory for Valdemar.
But Valdemar had suffered terrible casualties during this bloody conflict. Worst of all, they had lost their king. King Sendar had been in the prime of his life, a powerful and wise monarch respected and loved by his people and his court. His premature death had forced his teenage daughter Selenay, his only child, to ascend the throne. Traumatized and bereft, and having always assumed that she would have decades to learn the art of kingship, Selenay was not properly prepared to rule. She had thought that her father would be there to teach her the complicated games of power, that during his declining years, she could slowly assume the mantle of his office as he delegated more and more royal duties to her care. Now, thrust suddenly onto the throne, in mourning and weakened by sorrow, she fell prey to the machinations of the Valdemaran Council who saw her ascension as an opportunity to wrest power from the crown.
With each consecutive month the Council put increasing pressure on Selenay to marry and produce an heir. And she knew that each Councillor was jockeying to place his own man at her side to be king, not merely consort - someone who could seize control from Sendar's daughter, and yet would remain loyal to the Councillor who had aided his ambitions.
But thought Selenay was young and inexperienced, she wasn't stupid or malleable. She had absolutely no intention of marrying anyone she did not personally choose, nor would she allow her husband to take control of the kingdom.
Herald Alberich, now the Collegium's Weaponsmaster and Selenay's personal protector, was well aware of the devious plans of the Council. And he feared that the surrounding realms allied with Valdemar might use this weakness to marry one of their own princes to Selenay, thereby usurping Valdemar's throne.
With Talamir, the Queen's Own Herald, unused to fulfilling his advisory duties to a young female monarch, and handicapped by the loss of his Companion and his near-death experience in the Tedrel War, Selenay did not have the support she needed in this difficult situation. Could Alberich protect his vulnerable young queen from the conspiracies to steal her throne that were brewing among the aristocratic classes of Valdemar and it allied kingdoms?"
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Exile's Valor | 2003-10-00 | Mercedes Lackey | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1271) | 0-7564-0206-9 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
[7]+ 402 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jody A. Lee | |
Exile's Valor | 2004-01-00 | Mercedes Lackey | DAW Books / SFBC | 38481 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
416 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jody A. Lee | |
Exile's Valor | 2004-10-00 | Mercedes Lackey | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1271) | 0-7564-0221-2 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
438 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Jody A. Lee | |
La vaillance de l'exilé | 2011-08-26 | Mercedes Lackey | Bragelonne | 978-2-35294-510-9 | 432 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Pascal Casolari | ||
Exiles of Valdemar | 2018-03-06 | Mercedes Lackey | Titan Books | 978-1-78565-357-5 | £10.99?£: UK pound |
1056 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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Exiles of Valdemar | 2018-03-06 | Mercedes Lackey | Titan Books | 978-1-78329-618-7 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Exile's Valor | 2019-05-14 | Mercedes Lackey | Tantor Audio | 979-820036605-7 | audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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Exile's Valor | 2019-05-14 | Mercedes Lackey | Tantor Audio | 978-1-977343-84-0 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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Exile's Valor | 2021-03-01 | Mercedes Lackey | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | 979-820036607-1 | $39.99?$: US dollar |
audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks |
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Exile's Valor | 2021-03-01 | Mercedes Lackey | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | 979-820036606-4 | $44.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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Exile's Valor | date unknown | Mercedes Lackey | DAW Books | 0-7564-0206-9 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
402 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Jody A. Lee |
Reviews
- Review by Carolyn Cushman (2003) in Locus, #514 November 2003