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    Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles
    Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles
    Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles
    Audiobook10 hours

    Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles

    Written by Mercedes Lackey

    Narrated by Nick Podehl

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Mags had been working at the Pieters’s mine, slaving in the dark, cold seams, looking for sparklies, for as long as he could remember. The children who worked the mine were orphans, kids who had been abandoned, who had lost their parents, or were generally unwanted. But Mags was different.

    Mags was “Bad Blood,” because his parents were bandits who had been killed in a raid by the Royal Guard. “Bad Blood” because he’d been found in a cradle in the bandits’s camp. Blood so bad that no one had wanted to take him in except Cole Pieters. When he was big enough to see over the sides of the sluices he had gone to work at the mine. Mags knew nothing of the world beyond the mine, and was unaware of how unusual his paltry existence was. Then some strangers on huge white horses forced their way past the Pieters family and carried him away to Haven to become a Herald Trainee.

    Suddenly the whole world opened up for him. He was warm and well fed for the first time in his life, and he had Dallen, his Companion, who seemed more miraculous than an angel. But the world of the Collegium was not all heavenly. There was political upheaval in Valdemar’s capital, for the court had been infiltrated by foreign “diplomats,” who seemed to be more interested in seeding discontent than in actual diplomacy…and Mags seemed to be the only one who’d noticed.…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 7, 2008
    ISBN9781423307952
    Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles
    Author

    Mercedes Lackey

    Mercedes entered this world on June 24, 1950, in Chicago, had a normal childhood and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. During the late 70's she worked as an artist's model and then went into the computer programming field, ending up with American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her fantasy writing, she has written lyrics for and recorded nearly fifty songs for Firebird Arts & Music, a small recording company specializing in science fiction folk music. Also known as Misty Lackey.

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    • 4/5
      I have read this book multiple times. Herald Mags early life struck a chord with me and I loved how his life ended up. This focuses on the time of the building of the Herald's Collegium and the change from a mentor relationship among the Heralds of Valdemar to holding full classes for the trainees. There have been so many trainees being chosen by the Companions there aren't enough trained Heralds to have one on one training. Unfortunately, there are some Heralds that are having issues with the changes and aren't taking it well and the new trainees are caught in between.

      Re-read 2018

      I've been in the mood to re-read some of my favorites in the Valdemar series and this is definitely in my top five. This may end up as a re-read of the entire series.

      Wanted a quick fun re-read for the first few weeks of class. Something that is very different from my books for college classes. Even though the book deals with some tough subjects, it is a good escapist read.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Light fun. Likable characters. Sometimes just what you need when stressed.
    • 5/5
      I love Mercedes Lackey. I have never been disappointed by anything she has written. Mags is another interesting character.