Gryphons arise!

Gryphon in Light (Kelvren’s Saga #1) by Larry Dixon; Mercedes Lackey   

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The beginning of a new series centered around the gryphon Kelvren, wing leader of the gryphons of k’Valdemarr.

Nicely setup to include the many and varied inhabitants of the Valdemar world. Rogue Barons are looking to secede from Valdemar. A problem when they’re going about it in entirely the wrong way. This is a coup supplied by seized goods from honest tradesmen. That the crown cannot allow so forces have been detached to dissuade the Barons.

We open in the healers tents with a badly injured Hallock. Hallock gives permission to house a wounded gryphon in his tent. 

I really like Hallock Haven of the Sixteenth Guard Regiment, and his wife Genni. The waif, the younling Jefti, is another character with promise.

The making of a legend is not all it’s cracked up to be as Kelvren learns. But a disparate group is assembled to take up a quest, a journey to a lake at the center of the change circle area at the behest of the gods. No one turns the Gods down!

Some excellent threads are being interwoven in this fresh Valdemar novel, some from the past and some new strands.

A very strong beginning!

A DAW ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.