Paperback, 492 pages

English language

Published June 1, 1991 by DAW Books.

ISBN:
978-0-88677-463-9
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OCLC Number:
23064128

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Granddaughter of a sorceress and daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Now all of her hopes and plans to return to training horses and hunting have been shattered by an attack on her ancestral home, the death of her father, the wounding of her brother and the kidnapping of his fiance.

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reviewed By the sword by Mercedes Lackey (DAW book collectors -- no. 840.)

By the Sword

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By the Sword, by Mercedes Lackey, is a fantasy novel about a woman named Kerowyn who turns away from the courtly roles reserved for her gender and instead pursues the life of a mercenary. The beginning of her story happens quite rapidly, drawing on events from other books in the series. She gains the use of a magic sword, called Need, which responds to women in danger, becomes trained as a military officer by family she never knew she had, and is quickly established as an expert mercenary and war horse specialist. It should be noted the setting has women soldiers as common practice, but they don't overlap with women of court. What follows are stories of her training years, her discovery of additional talents she didn't know she had, dealing with relationships, isolation, military campaigns, and survival against overwhelming odds.I didn't realize this book was part of a series, …

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Subjects

  • Magic
  • Valdemar (Imaginary place)
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Mercenary troops
  • Swords
  • Fiction

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