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Title | : | Oathbreakers (Valdemar: Vows and Honor #2) |
Author | : | Mercedes Lackey |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 279 pages |
Published | : | January 3rd 1989 by DAW |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
Mercedes Lackey
Paperback | Pages: 279 pages Rating: 4.18 | 14554 Users | 144 Reviews
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When Idra, leader of the crack mercenaries known as the Sunhawks, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom of Rethwellan, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. Sisters of sword and spell, their fates bound together by Goddess-sworn oath, they were eternally pledged to fight the forces of evil.And evil had indeed cast its shadow over the kingdom of Rethwellan. Idra, so they were told, had left long ago on a search for a legendary magical sword which could reveal which of her two brothers was meant to become the new king. With the princess gone, her younger brother had been branded an outlaw and her older brother had claimed the throne. Both instinct and mage-lore told Kethry and Tarma that all was not as it seemed, that both Idra and her people were in terrible jeopardy. Yet would their Goddess-given powers, aided by those of a Herald of Valdemar, prove strong enough to break the dark enchantment possessing this land?
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Original Title: | Oathbreakers |
ISBN: | 0886774543 (ISBN13: 9780886774547) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Valdemar: Vows and Honor #2, Valdemar (Chronological) #22, Valdemar (Publication order) #5 , more |
Characters: | Tarma, Kethry, Jadrek |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 14554 Users | 144 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books Oathbreakers (Valdemar: Vows and Honor #2)
It may interest those who have read this book to know that Mercedes Lackey also put out a cassette/CD of the same name. You can sample some of the songs on YouTube, although the only place to buy it is from the Firebird Arts and Music website.1)The Leslac Version2) Contemplations3) Theres Always a Reason (A Curse Upon All Bards)4) Surprised by Joy5) (Love) Found6) Need7) Oathbreakers8) The Sunhawks9) Suffer the Children10) Swordlady, or That Song11)Mirror Spell (Shield Spell)(It may also include2018 - This is probably the least episodic of the three books. It's pretty much two stories, one mercenary small-war story which then leads into the larger story of how Tarma and Kethry bring stability to the Rethwellan ruling dynasty, by way of a palace coup. And affect Valdemar's history many years later (yeah, read more of these books). Plus - it has fewer totally annoying typographical-or-grammatical or spelling/word-choice errors. See comments on Book #1 of this series. ETA: I've just been
Immediate reaction: oh thank god, I remembered correctly.Oathbreakers was always my favorite of the duology, and now I remember why. It's far less episodic than Oathbound, with a coherent plot for all but the first few chapters of the book, and of course there is much, much less rape, all of which is offscreen and specifically noted as a power crime over everything else. It's actually really interesting how it's treated in Oathbreakers as opposed to Oathbound: Oathbound it's treated as kind of
I read the Vows and Honor books in my late teens, and although I enjoyed them both, 'Oathbreakers' captivated me in all the best ways. There are moments in this book that still give me chills, even after dozens of rereads.Tarma and Kethry's friendship is incredible, and the way they work together never fails to make me smile. Tarma, in particular, has not only become one of my favorite characters of all time, but was crucial representation for a teenager who wasn't interested in romance.This is
Wow this is so much better than Oathbound it's almost not funny. The thing that definitely gives this one a leg up is that it's not a collection of disconnected stories, so you don't have to read increasingly clumsy/punny introductions of the characters every 50 pages. Ultimately this book feels less developed than most of the Valdemar books that followed it. The worldbuilding is more sparce, the narrative isn't as...believable (things work out embarrassingly easily when it's time for them to),
Reading 100 books in 2010; reviews will be short for a while 'til I catch up blogging with what I've already read this year.This book made a Mercedes Lackey fan out of me; I was lukewarm about the first one in the series and it had many of the flaws a first novel might. It's amazing how much Lackey grows as an artist between the first novel in the series and the second; better writing, even at the sentence level, better plotting, and more polish in general to go with her two wonderful characters
Another comfort reread, another Velgarth novel. Lackey's adventurer turned mercenary duo, Kethry the mage and Tarma the Warrior, take on a corrupt and murderous king who has violated his oaths to his country, his people, his gods and his kin. Lots of action, and one of the sweetest romances Lackey's written.
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