Book 2

Gryphon's Valor

by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon

Published 25 June 2024
Set in the beloved and New York Times-bestselling world of Valdemar, this 2nd book in a new trilogy returns to the tales of the majestic gryphons

On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops—but caused a diplomatic crisis.

The ongoing saga of Valdemar enters a new era with this epic trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Beloved legend-in-his-own-mind Kelvren, a true luminary among gryphons, leads an air force of foreign agents and a flotilla of craft into the mystery of Lake Evendim's storm-sieged center. The second explosion of the Cataclysm occurred there, but why was it less destructive than the first one? Kelvren and old friend Firesong think the answers will also explain the surge of otherworldy, deadly creatures bringing lethal chaos to Valdemar. Displaced allies and shocking truths are discovered among the Lake's horrors and twisted islands tortured by magic's fury!

The ongoing saga of Valdemar enters a new era with this epic trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

On the border between Valdemar and the deadly Pelagirs Forest, the gryphon hero Kelvren returns from a near-fatal self-sacrifice that won him the approval of Valdemar's ground troops but caused a diplomatic crisis.  Frustrated by his lack of a hero's welcome, Kelvren is talked into helping with an expedition by his old friend, Firesong.

Firesong struggles with his own age and mortality, and he intends to solve a vast mystery at the center of legendary Lake Evendim as his crowning achievement. Just getting the multicultural fleet underway is a challenge, but what awaits them is a situation none of them could expect.