The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new
series from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master
of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Within the
Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy
that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when
the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content
to leave them alone, Korda's father set out to gather magicians in
the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people
of the Duchy from tyranny. Kordas has lived his life looking over
his shoulder. The signs in the Empire are increasingly dire. Under
the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power
of dark magics, including blood magic, the powers of the Abyssal
Planes, and the binding and "milking" of Elemental creatures. But
then one of the Duchy's mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to
place a Gate at a distance so far from the Empire that it is
unlikely the Emperor can find or follow them as they evacuate
everyone that is willing to leave. But time is running out, and
Kordas has been summoned to the Emperor's Court. Can his reputation
as a country bumpkin and his acting skills buy him and his people
the time they need to flee? Or will the Emperor lose patience,
invade to strip Valdemar of everything of worth, and send its
conscripted people into the front lines of the Imperial wars?
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