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Arrow's Fall

Mercedes Lackey
Chapters (17)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. Twelve
  16. HER FATHER’S EYES
  17. MERCEDES LACKEY
001

THE TRAP IS SPRUNG!

As crossbow bolts flew, bringing agony and death to those around her, Talia struggled to her feet and staggered toward the stable area, trying to shut her shields down and the pain out. It seemed like an eternity between each stumbling step—yet she had hardly taken half a dozen when she heard the pounding of hooves on stone and saw a white form surging toward her.

It was Rolan—unsaddled. Hard on his heels came Tantris carrying Kris. As Companion and rider passed her, Talia leaped and Kris pulled her up in front of him. And now there was one last obstacle between them and freedom—the narrow passage between the inner and outer walls that led to the portcullis and the outer gate.

They galloped straight into a hail of arrows. Fire lanced through Talia’s shoulder—just as Tantris screamed in agony, shuddered, and crashed to the ground. Talia was thrown forward, and hit the ground, stunned. But as Rolan paused in his headlong flight, Talia screamed to him with voice, heart, and mind: “Rolan-run!” For even as she felt herself drowning in an agony of pain, a single thought remained clear, one of them must escape—or Valdemar was lost....

NOVELS BY MERCEDES LACKEY

available from DAW Books:

THE NOVELS OF VALDEMAR:

THE HERALDS OFVALDEMAR
ARROWS OF THE QUEEN
ARROW’S FLIGHT
ARROW’S FALL

THE LAST HERALD-MAGE
MAGIC PAWN
MAGIC’S PROMISE
MAGIC’S PRICE

THE MAGE WINDS
WINDS OF FATE
WINDS OF CHANGE
WINDS OF FURY

THE MAGE STORMS
STORM WARNING
STORM RISING
STORM BREAKING

VOWS AND HONOR
THE OATHBOUND
OATHBREAKERS
OATHBLOOD

THE COLLEGIUM CHRONICLES
FOUNDATION

BY THE SWORD
BRIGHTLY BURNING
TAKE A THIEF
EXILE’S HONOR
EXILE’S VALOR

VALDEMAR ANTHOLOGIES:
SWORD OF ICE
SUN IN GLORY
CROSSROADS
MOVING TARGETS
CHANGING THE WORLD

Written with LARRY DIXON:

THE MAGE WARS
THE BLACK GRYPHON
THE WHITE GRYPHON
THE SILVER GRYPHON

DARIAN’S TALE
OWLFLIGHT
OWLSIGHT
OWLKNIGHT

OTHER NOVELS:

GWENHWYFAR

THE BLACK SWAN

THE DRAGON JOUSTERS
JOUST
ALTA
SANCTUARY
AERIE

THE ELEMENTAL MASTERS
THE SERPENT’S SHADOW
THE GATES OF SLEEP
PHOENIX AND ASHES
THE WIZARD OF LONDON
RESERVED FOR THE CAT

And don’t miss:

THE VALDEMAR COMPANION

Edited by John Helfers and Denise Little

Title Page

001

Copyright Page

Copyright © 1988 by Mercedes R. Lackey.

For color prints of Jody Lee’s paintings, please contact:
The Cerridwen Enterprise
P.O. Box 10161
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 1-800-825-1281

All songs copyright © 1987 by Firebird Arts & Music Inc.
All songs printed herein can be obtained on cassette and CD from:
FIREBIRD ARTS & MUSIC, INC.
P.O. Box 14785
Portland, OR 97214-9998
Phone: 1-800-752-0494
who can also supply a poster map of Valdemar.

DAW Book Collectors No. 732.

First Printing, January 1988

eISBN : 978-1-101-49736-4

002

DAW TRADEMARK REGISTERED
US. PAT. OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
—MARCA REGISTRADA
HECHO EN U.S.A.

S.A.

Dedication

Dedicated to:
Andre Norton
for inspiration;
Teri Lee
for early encouragement;
and
my husband Tony
for being understanding
about my ongoing affair
with a word processor.

The Kingdom of Valdemar
(Reign of Queen Selenay)

003

Palace-Collegia at Haven (Capital)

004

Prologue