Take a Thief

Mercedes Lackey's triumphant return to the best-selling world of Valdemar, "Takes a Thief" reveals the untold story of Skif-a popular character from Lackey's first published novel, Arrows of the Queen. Skif is a homeless orphan who lives with a gang of juvenile pickpockets...until he is "Chosen" by one of Valdemar's magical horses and becomes a Herald serving the Queen.