Closer to home
Trained as a spy by the King's Own Herald, an orphan named Mags rises through the ranks of the Heralds' Collegium and uses his powerful Mindspeech gift to outmaneuver a royal court plot that risks his mentor and family.
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Arrow's Fall (Heralds of Valdemar #3)
By the Sword
Magic's Promise
Winds of Change (Valdemar
Storm Rising (Mage Storms)
Hunter
One Good Knight (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 2)
Magic's Price (The Last Herald-Mage Series, Book 3)
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- Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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- What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
- If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
- Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?