Arrows Flight & Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey

Arrow's Flight by Mercedes Lackey - 318 pages
Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey - 319 pages


Talia is heading out on her year-long internships as a Herald.  She's shocked to find rumors circulating throughout the country of her misusing her empathic powers.

After completing her year-long internship, Talia is finally ready to take up her duties as Queen's Own Herald.  One of her first assignments is as envoy to the kingdom of Hardorn to see about a possibility of a royal marriage.


These are the final two books in the Queen's Own Trilogy set in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series.  This was the series that got me interested in reading fantasy.  So I decided to re-read them to see if I still would enjoy them as much as I had as a teen.  I did.  This is a great series for fantasy readers.

Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey

Arrow's Fall by Mercedes Lackey  319 pages

With Elspeth, the heir to the throne of Valdemar, come of marriageable age, Talia, the Queen's Own Herald returns to court to find Queen and heir beset by diplomatic intrigue as various forces vie for control of Elspeth's future.

But just as Talia is about to uncover the traitor behind all these intrigues, she is sent off on a mission to the neighboring kingdom, chosen by the Queen to investigate the worth of a marriage proposal from Prince Ancar.