Vows and Honor · Book 3
By the Sword
- Published
- 1 January 1991
- Pages
- 816
- ISBN-13
- 9780743498753
- Type
- novel
About this book
By the Sword came next in 1991, by far the longest book in the series at 816 pages -- more than double any other entry. It's a companion novel following Kerowyn, Kethry's granddaughter, who inherits her grandmother's magic sword and is forced to abandon her sheltered life to become a mercenary captain herself, eventually crossing paths with Valdemar and its Heralds.
Its place in Vows and Honor
By the Sword is book 3 in the Vows and Honor series. It follows Oathbreakers. It is followed by Oathblood. See the full Vows and Honor reading order.
Vows and Honor tells the story of Tarma shena Tale'sedrin and Kethry, an unlikely pair of mercenary sword-and-sorcery partners — a Sword Sworn warrior avenging her destroyed clan and a runaway noblewoman-turned-mage — who together become two of the most formidable heroes in the wider Valdemar universe, decades before Talia or Vanyel are ever born. The Oathbound and Oathbreakers collect and continue Tarma and Kethry's adventures as sellswords-for-hire; Oathblood , published nearly a decade later, closes out their…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780743498753