The Ki and Vandien Quartet · Book 1

Harpy's Flight

by Robin Hobb

Published
1 January 1983
Pages
208
ISBN-13
9780441317462
Type
novel

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Cover of Harpy's Flight

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…

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