The Wyvern's Spur
Cover of the first edition
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| Author | Kate Novak & Jeff Grubb |
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| Cover artist | Clyde Caldwell |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Finders Stone Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | TSR, Inc. |
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Publication date
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February, 1990 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 313 pp |
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| OCLC | 21376402 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3564.O894 W97 1990 |
| Preceded by | Azure Bonds |
| Followed by | Song of the Saurials |
The Wyvern's Spur is a fantasy novel by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb that was originally published in 1990. It is the second novel in the Finder’s Stone Trilogy which is set within the world of the Forgotten Realms. This novel received 4 stars from OtherRealms.
The novel focuses on a clumsy but well-meaning young nobleman whose designs on a return to normal town life are interrupted when he stumbles into an ancestral vendetta and rediscovers a family legacy.
The Wyvernspurs are a noble family within the Kingdom of Cormyr and the provincial town of Immersea has been their ancestral residence. The novel centers around Giogioni “Giogi” Wyvernspur and begins with his homecoming after a lengthy ten-month absence.
With billing as a sequel to Azure Bonds, it nonetheless includes the participation of only one main character from the preceding novel. Giogi himself did play a role in events of the first novel but was effectively only a recurring supporting character. Unlike its predecessor, the events of the novel take place over the span of only a few days and occur entirely within a single locale. Additionally, the novel contains a strong romantic component.
Song of the Saurials is the third book in the Finders Stone Trilogy.
Most of the novel revolves around Giogi’s efforts to locate and recover an important family heirloom that goes missing just as he is returning to Immersea. The lost heirloom is an artifact from which they take their family name; the wyvern's spur, and the chief initial motivation for its recovery is the omen that the spur’s loss will trigger family misfortune. This is underscored when an elder family member, the wizard Drone, is discovered dead and a twisted mage named Flattery makes his presence known.
Giogi is aided in his efforts by Olive Ruskettle, a female halfling, and a female apprentice mage named Cat.
As the story progresses it is revealed that Cat is actually Flattery’s agent (under duress) and that Flattery himself is an un-aging creation of a forgotten ancestor named Finder Wyvernspur. Flattery, for reasons left vague, possesses an intense hatred of anything connected with Finder’s legacy including his descendants.
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