I‘ve loved Lackey‘s Valdemar series since elementary school, and though I read and enjoyed some of her non-Valdemar books, I never felt quite the same fervor for them— and I never listened to anything of hers on audio. But I got this one on an Audible sale a couple years ago, and I loved it. The world-building is unique, involving dragons (a creature Valdemar lacks!) but the situations the characters are in feel familiar to her style & I loved it!