The Gold Falcon The Silver Wyrm, Book One

In the final cycle of Kerr's Deverry chronicles, the savage Horsekin--enemy of both the Deverrian clans and the elven nomads known as the Westfolk--are raiding the borders, even as a devastating cholera epidemic leaves many orphans in its wake. One such orphan, Neb, learns his magical destiny.

Katharine Kerr first became involved in the field of fantasy through role-playing games, becoming so intrigued that she began writing articles for gaming magazines, and for some time was a contributing editor to Dragon magazine. This interest soon led her into the field of fantasy writing, with her first Deverry novel, Daggerspell, appearing in 1986. Since then, she has written fourteen more Deverry novels, of which The Silver Mage is the latest, as well as other fantasy and science fiction novels. Her Deverry novels have hit the London Times and the Australian bestseller lists.