Bookish Ramblings: Into the West 

Into the West by Mercedes Lackey is the second book of the founding of Valdemar trilogy, which I am rambling about last because I am disorganised. The former imperial subjects travel westward into the territory of the Pelagirs and meet Tayledras and others and have dramatic adventures.
This is a 2022 copyright, published by DAW Books. The cover was, as is usual for Lackey, done by Jody Lee.