The Valdemar Companion by John Helfers (Editor), Denise Little (Editor)

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Mercedes Lackey's novels of Valdemar are among the most popular-and best-selling-fantasy books in the world. This unique authorized guide to everything Valdemar includes:
€ A new Valdemar novella by Mercedes Lackey
€ An essay about Valdemar by Lackey herself
€ An exclusive interview with Mercedes Lackey
€ Detailed summaries of all the Valdemar novels
€ A complete overview of Valdemar's history
€ The various races, kingdoms and characters of Valdemar
€ The importance of magic in Valdemar
€ The roles of Heralds and Companions
€ The songs of Valdemar
€ Valdemar maps and artwork
€ Valdemar fan clubs

Publishers Weekly

John Helfers and Denise Little present The Valdemar Companion, an anthology of essays, interviews, maps, a concordance and one new novella focused on Mercedes Lackey's (Take a Thief) extensive Valdemar series. Michael Longcor discusses the "Balladeers, Buskers, and Bards" of Valdemar, and Kerrie Hughes offers a traveler's guide to Lackey's rich imaginary universe. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Kat Kan - VOYA

Claiming to be an authorized guide, this book includes an original novella by Mercedes Lackey, a lengthy interview with the author, and another with her first editor, Betsy Wollheim of DAW Books. In addition to the concordance—an alphabetical listing of people, creatures, places, and things, which is usual for a guide—the book also includes articles on the music of Valdemar, a discography (Lackey began as a songwriter), a travel guide, a brief guide to related Web sites, a summary of all the novels and stories in the series, and some gorgeous maps by Lackey's husband, author and illustrator Larry Dixon. Books such as this one generally appeal to fans of an author or of a particular series, and this guide is no exception. It is mostly well written and gives Lackey's fans a lot of background information about the author and how she came to create this world as well as about Valdemar itself. This reviewer's one quibble is with the typographical errors that creep in throughout the book; they are minor but annoying. Teens like the Valdemar books, and they should enjoy this one as well. VOYA CODES: 4Q 2P J S (Better than most, marred only by occasional lapses; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2001, DAW, 497p,

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