missingvolume | #78 Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

This book has the Baron and his people traveling by boat to find a place far away from the mess the Empire is currently in. The story has two groups the main group and the scouts that have his sister-in-law with them checking the river to see if it is safe ahead. Things pretty much go smoothly for such a large group of people on the run with their herds. The Baron’s people bump into the Hawkbrothers and they help them find what they are looking for in a place to settle. This is really a solid middle book of a trilogy and fans will be happy to read about the first-time meetings of the two groups but by the end of the book there are some clues about what will happen in the next book. A good book for fans but may not be the best place for a new reader to start.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley

A man in green holding a small crossbow riding a palomino through the woods