Owlflight
core novel 1997 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (11,817 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 342 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-88677-754-2 |
| First-edition date | 1997-10 |
Synopsis
The first book of Darian's Tale, co-written with Larry Dixon, opens some years after the Mage Wars era, introducing Darian, a young orphan apprenticed to an aging wizard named Justyn in a village on the edge of the Pelagiris Forest. Darian's parents, hunters who once worked the forest, disappeared on an expedition long before the story begins, leaving him with unresolved grief and an uncertain place in the village. When an army of northern raiders attacks and burns the settlement, Darian is left to flee alone into the deep forest, where he encounters the Hawkbrothers, an ancient, elf-like people who form close bonds with birds of prey. This chance meeting draws Darian into their world and sets him on an unexpected path toward discovering his own magical calling.
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: Darian's Tale (The Owl Mage Trilogy) core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
- Author: Larry Dixon
Notes
- From the series record (Darian's Tale (The Owl Mage Trilogy)): Co-authored throughout with Larry Dixon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Darian's Tale (The Owl Mage Trilogy): position 1 of 3: next Owlsight (1998)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site
- Valdemar Wiki (Fandom)
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/owlflight-9781101127315/
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