Foundation

Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, Book 1

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Foundation

By: Mercedes Lackey

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

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The long-awaited brand new novel in the best-selling Valdemar series.

In this chronicle of the early history of Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey's best-selling world, a 13-year-old orphan named Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. Thrust into the center of a legend in the making, Magpie discovers talents he never knew he had - and witnesses the founding of the great Heralds' Collegium.

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I adore Mercedes Lackey's books! This is another fine example from her Valdemar series and is read very well by Nick Podehl. Happy listening!

Another Awesome Lackey!!

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I loved every minut of this book!

It made me laugh out loud sometime, in the middle of the train!
All the characters comes to live, it's just SOOOO good!
Really worth a listen! or 3 ;)

A great book! Great story and greatly narrated!

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I tried this author for the first time as i love the narrator nick pohdel after listening to his version of "the name of the wind" but unfortunately this book is so slow. The author spends ages to say nothing and too much of the book is spent describing things that are not relevent to the story. Pohdel tries his best but cannot save this book.

A bit slow

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