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kareila_booksOwlflight - Takes place only a year or two after the end of the Mage Storms. The village of Errold's Grove in the far northwest of Valdemar has fallen on hard times, and finds itself the target of a barbarian invasion. An orphan named Darian escapes into the Pelagir Forest and endears himself to a roving troop of Hawkbrothers, who decide to adopt him into their clan and train him as a scout and a mage. Together they defeat the invaders, and Darian vows to return to the village once he has completed his Hawkbrother training.
Owlsight - Four years have passed, and the Hawkbrothers have finished their assigned task of healing the northern part of Valdemar from the aftermath of the Mage Storms. Now they are ready to establish an additional stronghold near Errold's Grove, which has regained some of its former prosperity. The village's half-trained Healer, Keisha, welcomes their arrival, since she hasn't been able to find anyone else to teach her how to use her Healing and Empathy gifts. She and Darian work together to foster peace between their peoples and more refugees from the barbarian tribes of the north.
Owlknight - Another two years have passed, and Darian has achieved mastery of his mage powers under Firesong's tutelage. His blended community of Valdemarans, Hawkbrothers, and northern tribesmen has attracted the attention of the Queen, and she sends one of her new Herald-Mages to serve as an ambassador, assisted by Keisha's younger sister Shandi, who has just earned her Herald's Whites. In order to give Darian status in Valdemar similar to that of the Heralds, the nobleman who oversees the area containing Errold's Grove decides to grant him knighthood. Looking back on all that he has accomplished, Darian decides to seek closure on his traumatic childhood and find out once and for all what happened to his parents, who disappeared in the Pelagir Forest during the Mage Storms.
Taken all together, these books partially answer the question of what came next after Storm Breaking, although limited to a remote corner of Valdemar and the barbarian lands to the north. They were published, along with Brightly Burning and Take a Thief, between the years of 1997-2001, when I was too busy hanging out on the internet to read much of anything at all. I'm glad to be finally caught up now, although I'm left scratching my head wondering why Lackey hasn't returned to post-Storms Valdemar until recently, preferring instead to churn out 11 books about the decades immediately following Vanyel's death.
Owlsight - Four years have passed, and the Hawkbrothers have finished their assigned task of healing the northern part of Valdemar from the aftermath of the Mage Storms. Now they are ready to establish an additional stronghold near Errold's Grove, which has regained some of its former prosperity. The village's half-trained Healer, Keisha, welcomes their arrival, since she hasn't been able to find anyone else to teach her how to use her Healing and Empathy gifts. She and Darian work together to foster peace between their peoples and more refugees from the barbarian tribes of the north.
Owlknight - Another two years have passed, and Darian has achieved mastery of his mage powers under Firesong's tutelage. His blended community of Valdemarans, Hawkbrothers, and northern tribesmen has attracted the attention of the Queen, and she sends one of her new Herald-Mages to serve as an ambassador, assisted by Keisha's younger sister Shandi, who has just earned her Herald's Whites. In order to give Darian status in Valdemar similar to that of the Heralds, the nobleman who oversees the area containing Errold's Grove decides to grant him knighthood. Looking back on all that he has accomplished, Darian decides to seek closure on his traumatic childhood and find out once and for all what happened to his parents, who disappeared in the Pelagir Forest during the Mage Storms.
Taken all together, these books partially answer the question of what came next after Storm Breaking, although limited to a remote corner of Valdemar and the barbarian lands to the north. They were published, along with Brightly Burning and Take a Thief, between the years of 1997-2001, when I was too busy hanging out on the internet to read much of anything at all. I'm glad to be finally caught up now, although I'm left scratching my head wondering why Lackey hasn't returned to post-Storms Valdemar until recently, preferring instead to churn out 11 books about the decades immediately following Vanyel's death.
