[lokichi23]

Hey y'all! I have a question for all you other fantasy readers:

I remember reading a cheesy (yet great, of course) series, the titles of which I can't remember. Here is my best description and hopefully someone else has read them. I thank you for any help...

The books are centered around these mage/druids that bond with birds. They all also carry a staff with a special crystal embedded. These mages have a telepathic link with their familiars and can call upon their innate abilities by linking the crystal with themselves and their birds. In doing so, these mages can make force fields, fire etc. but they each have their own distinct hue that all their magic is colored. If this jogs anyone's memory, please do let me know a title, character, anything that you remember. Thanks for your time!

P.S. For some reason I think it was Tor Fantasy but I'm not certain

[Michigan]

Authors last name was Coe, don't recall the name of the series though. Fairly forgettable books.

[lokichi23]

Thanks, that sounds right. I'll check it out. Yeah they are not the best books but I read them a long time ago and they have nostalgia value :)

[Obtuse]

In case you haven't already tracked this info down, it's David B. Coe and the series is The LonTobyn Chronicle.

[Michigan]

Thanks, that sounds right. I'll check it out. Yeah they are not the best books but I read them a long time ago and they have nostalgia value :)

Couldn't have been that long ago, they only came out in the 90s.

Or am I showing my age?

[lokichi23]

Yup, those are the ones. Thanks guys. You deserve e-cookies, but sorry I don't have the time to bake atm. Ciao!

[lokichi23]

Nope not that long ago, but I work with books so anything over 10 years old is considered "old" to me when they become less available.