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The Silver Gryphon (1996)

de Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon

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Sèrie: Valdemar : Mage Wars (3), Valdemar: Chronological Order (475 BF [975 BF]), Valdemar: Publication Order (17)

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A dozen years of peace have passed in the city of White Gryphon - providing well deserved and much needed security for the people who had lost their homes in the magical Cataclysm which killed the Mage Urtho, creator of the gryphons. But the inhabitants of White Gryphon have not forgotten their long struggles, and have trained an elite guard force, the Silver Gryphons, to protect their city, and if necessary, to join with the army of the Black Kings for mutual defense.… (més)
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I like the books Mercedes Lackey writes, she is good at creating a believable world and people to populate it. While her writing is not the strongest I do find it engaging ang and enjoyable. I like a series I can live inside of and her books are ones that have characters I feel invested in and a world I believe could exist.
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  KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |
The Silver Gryphon is the last book in the Mage Wars trilogy, the first in the epic Valdemar saga. The first book in the series was pure high fantasy, the second less magic and more intrigue, and this one is a tale of survival. It also contains one of my favorite quotes from any book, ever...

“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish.”

A dozen or so years have passed since the end of The White Gryphon. Unlike the first two books, this one does not center solely on Drake and Skan. Instead, this one focuses on Tadrith and Silverblade, the children of Skan and Drake respectively. The two are partners in the Silvers, the pseudo military/law enforcement service of White Gryphon. They have been in training and now it is time for them to go out on their first scouting mission. Their parents are so notorious that both of them are more than willing to leave, to be out from under watchful eyes. But things go badly for them almost from the start and they end up lost and alone, injured and being pursued by forces they have never experienced.

This is more of an action novel than one of magic and mystery. Although I enjoyed the story and I love the two new characters, it just wasn't as much fun to read. Yes, there was a bit of mystery and some great action, but overall I felt like it just didn't move the story forward as much as the others. It was good for character development, except for the fact that this book is the one and only one in the series that discusses these two characters.

My Recommendation: No, this wasn't my favorite in the series, aside from the great quote. But it is still enjoyable for a fan of the Valdemar series. ( )
  Kiki870 | Aug 19, 2015 |
This is the third and final entry in the 'Mage War Trilogy' (obviously!), and takes us a further ten or twenty years after the events of 'The White Gryphon' (favouring the latter, here).

Unlike the pevious couple of books this doesn't deal with Great Events - no great evils to be faced down, but we arestill facing the fall out of the Mage Wars that had led to the establishment of White Gryphon.

Silverblade and Tadrith, human and gryphon respecively, daughter and son of the great Amberdrake and Skandranon respectively and both recent graduates of the Silver Gryphons' training programme found themselves scheduled to a disant outpost where they could be out of the oversight of their illustrious parents.

Both youngsters knew that Outpost 5 was risky but they'd supplied themselves for all the risks they could imagine. Just a pity that they hadn't anticipated the area of null-magic that meant Tad wouldn't be able to keep he basket holding Blade and their supplies up in flight. Their crash left both injured and with no magical tools, incuding the teleson that could have told the people back home of their fate. Nad then there was what ever had caused that null-spot. Especially when it appeared to be after them!

Most of the book describes the flight of Tad and Blade through the jungle as they try to make their escape. It's a mixture of a survivalist adventure and horror, the latter gradually growing as the nature of the creatures chasing the youngsters becomes clearer. ( )
  JohnFair | Apr 5, 2015 |
As much of a mess as The Black Gryphon is, The Silver Gryphon is worse. OK, it actually has a plot, but it's just terrible. Part of the problem is that it's fundamentally a teenagers-leave-the-nest story, and I find those generally pretty unbearable. (Hell, I often find teenagers pretty unbearable.) The familiar characters are turned into one-dimensional overprotective parents up until the last fifteen pages, and the bulk of the book involves excruciatingly tedious accounts of trekking through jungle.

There's also no real villain - there are some dangerous and intelligent (although not necessarily sapient) animals, and there is a bunch of teenage "Dad just doesn't understand me!" whining. And rain. Lots of rain.

I like Lackey primarily for her painstaking construction of cultures to explore ethical issues. This book doesn't have any of that. It just has rain. ( )
  JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 |
Review by: nick

this book is the last in the 'mage wars' trilogy (sequal to white gryphon), and follows the exploits of skandranon's son, growing up in the shadow of his father; in the training of the silver gryphons, the police/military organizations of white gryphon (city). better than white gryphon (book). read if you have time/feel like reading- it doesn't provide a foundation, but does provide a good read. ( )
  bplteen | May 15, 2012 |
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Dixon, Larryautor principaltotes les edicionsconfirmat
Furlong, GaryNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
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