By the Sword Author:Merceds Lackey Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments - training horses and hunting. — But all Kerowyn's hopes a... more »nd plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped. Driven by desperation and the knowledge that a sorcerer had led the attack, Kerowyn set off on a journey which would prove but the first step on the road to the fulfillment of her destiny.« less