false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956509m/28760.jpg 28760 6 The wild magic is taking its toll on the land, and even Vanyel, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever walk the world, is almost at the end of his strength. But when his Companion, Yfandes, receives a call for help from neighboring Lineas, both Herald-Mage and Companion are drawn into a holocaust of dark magic that could be the end of them both. Original. 3230347 1990 Magic's Promise (Valdemar: Last Herald-Mage, #2) total:2277|5:43|4:32|3:31|2:7|1:1| 2277 9215 2693 49 4 2 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 21 07:33:58 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 17 16:57:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Mar 21 19:03:08 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 09:45:29 -0700 2008 Pawn. Since the end of book one, Valdemar has become involved in a war with Karse, it's Southern-most neighbor. We never get told why, who started it, or anything else. It's just a fact that there's a war going o...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 19 09:16:42 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 09:20:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 27 15:43:08 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 15:43:36 -0700 2008
This book opens tw...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 21:08:02 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:57:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 11:51:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:52:21 -0700 2009 Quote from WORD for Teens:

I managed to get into it, but it's not one of my favorite books... the plot line seemed a bit hurried at times and a bit too slow at others.

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The blurb on book 1 says Van was trained by the Shin'a'in, but he was NOT -- he was trained by the Tayledras or the Tale'sedrin.

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