The Founding of Valdemar · Book 2
Into the West
- Published
- 1 January 2022
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780756417369
- Type
- novel
About this book
Into the West followed in 2022 at 368 pages, continuing the exodus Duke Kordas Valdemar leads in search of a place his people can settle safely -- origin-story material Mercedes Lackey wrote more than three decades after first introducing the kingdom.
Its place in The Founding of Valdemar
Into the West is book 2 in the The Founding of Valdemar series. It follows Beyond. It is followed by Valdemar. See the full The Founding of Valdemar reading order.
More than three decades after introducing Valdemar in Arrows of the Queen, Lackey went all the way back to the very beginning: the founding of the kingdom itself, centuries before any Herald, Companion, or Collegium existed. The trilogy follows Kordas Valdemar, a minor duke leading his people in a desperate exodus away from a tyrannical, expansionist empire, in search of a place his community can settle safely and build a fairer, freer society — the founding act that eventually becomes the kingdom every other…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756417369