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By the sword

by Mercedes Lackey

After a sorcerer attacks her family home and kidnaps her brother's fiancée, Kerowyn leaves her life of horse training to pursue the captors. Her journey serves as the first step in a quest to fulfil her destiny and protect her noble house.

Accession 33650 ISBN 0886774632 Publisher DAW Books
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