I love Mercedes Lackey's work.. and this is another good one.. So from the back:

Skandrannon Rashkae is everything a gryphon should be, with gleaming ebony feathers, majestic wingspan, keen magesight, and sharp intelligence, he is the fulfullment of all that the Mage of Silence, the human sorcerer called Urtho, intended to achieve when he created these magical beings to be his champions, the defenders of his realm- a verdant plain long coveted by the evil mage Ma'ar.
And now, as Ma'ar is once again preparing to advance on Urtho's Keep, this time with a huge force spearheaded by magical constructs of his own, Skandrannon is sent to spy across enemy lines, cloaked in the protection of Urtho's powerful Spell of Silence.
As days pass and Skandrannon doesn't return, all in Urtho's camp wait anxiously. But there is one among them for whom the possible loss of this great bird will be more than just a major military defeat. Amberdrake-a healer of body, mind, and spirit whose talents are as essential to the army as those of the general-waits on the landing strip with anguish in his heart. For Amberdrake has come to value the vain, cocksure, and brave Skandrannon as his closest friend and comrade, and he now fears that this prince of gryphons will never return..


That doesn't really express this book well enough.. But it'll do.. This is Available..

Released on Saturday, January 10, 2004 at N. Muskegon Meijer in Muskegon, Michigan USA.

I left this behind some of the Car mags (Auto Mart and such) out in the front by the pay phones.. On the side by the bathrooms. I hope someone finds it..

Well, I know it's gone (as of 1/13).. Hopefully it wasn't thrown away.