title: Arrow's Fall (The Heralds of Valdemar, Book 3)
author:  Mercedes Lackey 
description: Praise for the Arrows Trilogy:<br /><br /><b>Beautifully written</b>.... Shows a sure touch with the wonder and adventure that characterize the best fantasy writers. <i>RT Reviews</i><br /><br />Lackey has created<b>a complex, interesting world</b>. <i>American Fantasy Magazine</i><br /><br />The story is well told, and the major characters are<b>well-drawn</b>. As a whole, the trilogy offers evidence of Lackeys...potential to become a major figure in the field. <i>Booklist</i><br /><br /><b>So well-crafted</b>youll want read it an entire night. The Heralds are all people you know, or wish you knew. OtherRealms<br /><br />The kind of novel that belongs on every fantasy lovers bookshelf<b>carefully wrought, entertaining reading</b>by a brilliant and dedicated author. <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
zlib_text: Arrows Flight
  
  
  By
  
  
  Mercedes Lackey
  
  
  The Arrows of Valdemar book 2
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  Prologue.3
  
  
  Chapter One.6
  
  
  Chapter Two.21
  
  
  Chapter Three.38
  
  
  ## Chapter Four53
  
  
  Chapter Five.69
  
  
  Chapter Six.80
  
  
  Chapter Seven.93
  
  
  ## Chapter Eight110
  
  
  Chapter Nine.124
  
  
  Chapter Ten.138
  
  
  Chapter Eleven.157
  
  
  Chapter Twelve.174
  
  
  ## Prologue
  
  
  Paface-Cottegia at Haven (Capital)
  
  
  Long ago so long ago that the details of the conflict are lost and only the
  merest legends remain the world of Velgarth was wracked by sorcerous wars. The
  population was decimated. The land quickly turned to wilderness and was given
  over to the forest and the magically-engendered creatures that had been used
  to fight those wars, while the people who remained favouried the eastern
  coastline, there to resume their shattered lives. Humans are resilient
  creatures, however, and it was not overlong before the population once again
  was on the increase, and folk began to move westward again, building new
  kingdoms out of the wi