Description:

Family Spies #1 begins a new Valdemar series by the bestselling Mercedes Lackey, and continues the story of the now-married Mags and Amily, protagonists in the previous two Valdemar series.
Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife Amily are happily married with three kids. The oldest, Justyn, has the Gift of animal Mindspeech—he can talk to animals and persuade them to act as he wishes. Justyn's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps as a Herald Spy, but has yet to be Chosen by his horse companion.
Mags is more than happy to teach Justyn all he knows. He regularly trains his children, including Justyn, with tests and exercises, preparing them for the complicated and dangerous lives they will likely lead. Justyn has already held positions in the Royal Palace as a runner and in the kitchen, useful places from which he can learn to listen.
As the next stage of Justyn's training, Mags proposes that Justyn joins a group of traveling players and...