2001年1月1日 · The Black Gryphon takes place long before the Valdemar kingdom is founded, a time of magic and the fight for power. A war is brewing between two great mages, Urtho and Maar. Urtho wants nothing more than to protect his realm and the people in it.

As the book begins, Skandranon Rashkae, the Black Gryphon, creeps into an enemy encampment. A Seer has warned Urtho of a new, magical weapon that has caused the capture of one of Urtho's key garrisons. Skan grabs one of the weapons and leaves, hotly pursued by makaar, creatures created by Kiyamvir Ma'ar to match Urtho's gryphons.

Meet the majestic, intelligent, and magical gryphons who bravely face the conflicts dividing Valdemar in this classic fantasy novel by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey. It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, and magic is still a wild and uncontrolled force.

1995年1月1日 · Meet the majestic, intelligent, and magical gryphons who bravely face the conflicts dividing Valdemar in this classic fantasy novel by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey. It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, and magic is still a wild and uncontrolled force.

2022年12月17日 · Courageous, bold, and crafty, Skan is everything a gryphon should be. He is the fulfillment of everything that the Mage of Silence, the human sorcerer called Urtho, intended to achieve when he created these magical beings to be his champions, the defenders of his realm—a verdant plain long coveted by the evil mage Maar.

Set in a world of mages, healers, empaths, gryphons, and common soldiers, this first in a fantasy series details a massive war between two powerful mages, told through the viewpoint of a few of the people - and magical creatures - fighting on the side of the 'good' mage. It's an interesting story with well-drawn characters, and I enjoyed it.

A series of Valdemar.These are set in pre-history, some 2000–3000 years before the founding of Valdemar. The Black Gryphon (Mage Wars #1), The White Gry...

Meet the majestic, intelligent, and magical gryphons who bravely face the conflicts dividing Valdemar in this classic fantasy novel by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Mercedes Lackey. It is an age when Valdemar is yet unfounded, its organization of Heralds yet unformed, and magic is still a wild and uncontrolled force.