The Ki and Vandien Quartet · Book 1
Harpy's Flight
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN-13
- 9780441317462
- Type
- novel

About this book
Harpy's Flight (1983, 208 pages) -- the shortest entry in the quartet -- launches the series with Ki, a hardened wagon-driver still raw with grief over the deaths of her husband and children, forced back onto the road and reluctantly partnered with wandering swordsman Vandien.
Its place in The Ki and Vandien Quartet
Harpy's Flight is book 1 in the The Ki and Vandien Quartet series. It is followed by The Windsingers. See the full The Ki and Vandien Quartet reading order.
Before adopting the pen name Robin Hobb for the Farseer books, the author published as Megan Lindholm, and the Ki and Vandien quartet -- also known as the Windsingers series -- is her earliest sustained fantasy work. Ki is a hardened wagon-driver grieving the deaths of her husband and children; Vandien is a wandering swordsman who talks his way into becoming her partner. Harpy's Flight (1983) begins their reluctant partnership as Ki, still raw with grief, is forced back onto the road, and the following three…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441317462