Series
Vows and Honor
Mercedes Lackey & Elisabeth Waters · 2 novels · 2 novellas · 7 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection · 1985–2005
Vows and Honor follows Tarma, a Shin'a'in swordswoman who survived the massacre of her entire clan, and Kethry, a sorceress fleeing an abusive arranged marriage, after a magical blade binds their fates together. Bound by a blood oath of sisterhood sworn to a goddess, the two ride as a mercenary sword-and-sorcery pair through Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar world, taking on the wrongs that cross their path. The series (The Oathbound, Oathbreakers, and the novella collection Oathblood) was later joined by a co-written prequel, Should Old Acquaintance.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Vows and Honor at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s8
- 1990s9
- 2000s1
Shape
2 novels · 2 novellas · 7 novelettes · 6 short stories · 1 collection
2 authors
reads like:fantasywizardssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 89% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book18 of 18 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Oathbreakersdarkest · most intense
- Should Old Acquaintancebrightest · calmest