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Mercedes Lackey, who also composes filk music and had a stint rehabilitating raptors, is a sexagenarian American author. She is famed for her many series and sub-series, trilogies, standalone books, short stories, and other co-authored literary work. Her most notable and much sought-after work is called the Valdemar series, especially the Heralds of Valdemar sub-series.
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Order of Bardic Voices Series with Josepha Sherman
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Lark And The Wren | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Robin & The Kestrel | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Cast of Corbies | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Eagle & the Nightingales | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Four & Twenty Blackbirds | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bedlam's Bard Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Knight of Ghosts and Shadows | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Bedlam Boyz | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Summoned to Tourney | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Beyond World's End | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Spirits White as Lightning | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Mad Maudlin | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Bedlam's Edge | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Music to My Sorrow | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
9 | A Host of Furious Fancies | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Blood Of Ten Chiefs Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Blood of Ten Chiefs | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Wolfsong | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Winds of Change | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Against the Wind | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Dark Hours | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Order of Brainship Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Ship Who Sang | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Ship Who Searched | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | PartnerShip | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The City Who Fought | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Ship Who Won | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Ship Errant | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Ship Avenged | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of Darkover Series with Marion Zimmer Bradley
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Different Kind of Courage | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Set a Thief | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Rediscovery | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Poetic License | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | An Object Lesson | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Diana Tregarde Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burning Water | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Children of the Night | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Jinx High | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Killer Byte (Short Story) | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Magic 101 | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dragon Jousters Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Joust | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Alta | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Sanctuary | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Aerie | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Elemental Masters Series with Elisabeth Waters
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Fire Rose | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Grey (Short Story) | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Grey's Ghost (Short Story) | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Serpent's Shadow | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Gates of Sleep | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Phoenix and Ashes | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Wizard of London | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Reserved for the Cat | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Unnatural Issue | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Home from the Sea | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Elemental Magic | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Elementary | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Steadfast | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Blood Red | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
15 | From a High Tower | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
16 | A Study in Sable | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
17 | A Scandal in Battersea | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Bartered Brides | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Case of the Spellbound Child | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Jolene | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Miss Amelia's List | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Exiled Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clan of the Claw | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | By Tooth and Claw | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Enduring Flame Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Phoenix Unchained | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Phoenix Endangered | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Phoenix Transformed | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Enduring Flame Trilogy | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Fairy Tales Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Firebird | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Black Swan | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of Five Hundred Kingdoms Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Fairy Godmother | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | One Good Knight | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Fortune's Fool | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Snow Queen | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Sleeping Beauty | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Beauty and the Werewolf | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Tangled Web | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
8 | A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms Volume 3: A Fantasy Romance Novel | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Halfblood Chronicles Series with Andre Norton
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Elvenbane | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Elvenblood | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Elvenborn | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Heirs of Alexandria Series with Eric Flint, Dave Freer
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Shadow of the Lion | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | This Rough Magic | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Mankind Witch | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Much Fall of Blood | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Burdens of the Dead | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
6 | All the Plagues of Hell | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar Prequel Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Take a Thief | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Exile's Honor | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Exile's Valor | 2003 | Description / Buy |
Order of Hunter Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hunter | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Elite | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Apex | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jennifer Talldeer Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sacred Ground | 1994 | Description / Buy |
Order of Kelvren's Saga Series with Larry Dixon
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gryphon in Light | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Gryphon’s Valor | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Obsidian Mountain Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Outstretched Shadow | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | To Light a Candle | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | When Darkness Falls | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of One Dozen Daughters Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The House of the Four Winds | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Reboots Series with Cody Martin
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reboots | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Reboots: Diabolical Streak | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Reboots: Undead Can Dance | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of SERRAted Edge Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Born to Run | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Wheels of Fire | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | When the Bough Breaks | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Chrome Circle | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Elvendude | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Spiritride | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Lazerwarz | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Chrome Borne | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Otherworld | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Waters and the Wild | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Silence | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Breaking Silence | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Doubled Edge Series with Roberta Gellis
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | This Scepter'd Isle | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Ill Met by Moonlight | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
3 | By Slanderous Tongues | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | And Less Than Kind | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Shadow Grail Series with Rosemary Edghill
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Legacies | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Conspiracies | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Sacrifices | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Victories | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Tales of the Witch World Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tales of the Witch World 2 | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Werehunter | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Bard's Tale: Naitachal Series with Josepha Sherman, Mark Shepherd
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Castle of Deception | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fortress of Frost and Fire | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Prison of Souls | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Chaos Gate | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Escape from Roksamur | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Dragon Prophecy Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Crown of Vengeance | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Blade of Empire | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Founding of Valdemar Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beyond | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Into the West | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Valdemar | 2023 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Secret World Chronicles Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Invasion | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Sgian Dubh | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
3 | White Bird | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Strike a Pose | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | World Divided | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Revolution | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Exemplar | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Collision | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Avalanche | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Echo One | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Heralds Of Valdemar Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arrows of the Queen | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Arrow's Flight | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Arrow's Fall | 1988 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Foundation | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Intrigues | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Changes | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Redoubt | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Bastion | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Family Spies Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Hills Have Spies | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Eye Spy | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Spy, Spy Again | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Mage Storms Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Storm Warning | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Storm Rising | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Storm Breaking | 1996 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Mage Wars Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Black Gryphon | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The White Gryphon | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Silver Gryphon | 1996 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Kerowyn's Tale Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | By the Sword | 1991 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Mage Winds Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Winds of Fate | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Winds of Change | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Winds of Fury | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: The Herald Spy Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Closer to Home | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Closer to the Heart | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Closer to the Chest | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: The Last Herald-Mage Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Magic's Pawn | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Magic's Promise | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Magic's Price | 1990 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: The Owl Mage Trilogy Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Owlflight | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Owlsight | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Owlknight | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: The Tale of Lavan Firestorm Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brightly Burning | 2000 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar: Vows and Honor Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sword Sworn (Short Story) | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
2 | A Tale of Heroes (Short Story) | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Keys (Short Story) | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Oathbound | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Oathbreakers | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Talisman (Short Story) | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Wings of Fire (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
8 | A Woman's Weapon (Short Story) | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Friendly Fire (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Oathblood | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Making of a Legend (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stolen Silver (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Arrows of the Queen Concordance: Valdemar in Talia's Time (Short Story) | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | On the Other Side (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | A Storytelling of Crows (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | A Charm of Finches (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | A Leash of Greyhounds (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Valdemar Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Valdemar Companion | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Changing the World | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The One Left Behind (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
10 | No True Way | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Crucible | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Tempest | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Pathways | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Demon's Den and Other Tales of Valdemar | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Choices | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Seasons | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Passages | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Boundaries | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Shenanigans | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Anything With Nothing | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Feuds | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Wing Commander Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Freedom Flight | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | End Run | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Fleet Action | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Heart Of The Tiger | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Price of Freedom | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Action Stations | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | False Colors | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Wing Commander Novelization | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Wing Commander Junior Novelization | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Pilgrim Stars | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of Mercedes Lackey Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | If I Pay Thee Not in Gold | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Tiger Burning Bright | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Mapping the World of Harry Potter | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Gwenhwyfar | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Arcanum 101 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Dead Reckoning | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Briarheart | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Mercedes Lackey Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jihad (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Landscape of the Imagination (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragon in Distress (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Once and Future (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Mercedes Lackey Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fiddler Fair | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The River's Gift | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Winter Moon | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Harvest Moon | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Trio of Sorcery | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Dragon's Teeth | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Darkover Series with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters, Deborah Wheeler, Deborah J. Ross
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Planet Savers (Short Story) | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Sword of Aldones | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Bloody Sun | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Star of Danger | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Winds of Darkover | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The World Wreckers | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Darkover Landfall | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Spell Sword | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Heritage of Hastur | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Shattered Chain | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Forbidden Tower | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Stormqueen! | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Two to Conquer | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Sharra's Exile | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Hawkmistress! | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Thendara House | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
17 | City of Sorcery | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Heirs of Hammerfell | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Rediscovery | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Exile's Song | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Shadow Matrix | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Traitor's Sun | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Zandru's Forge | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
24 | A Flame in Hali | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Hastur Lord | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Death of Brendan Ensolare (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Children of Kings | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Thunderlord | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Ski the Hellers (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Laran Gambit | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Arilinn | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Darkover Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Darkover Landfall | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Stormqueen! | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Thunderlord | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Traitor's Sun | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Hawkmistress! | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Heirs of Hammerfell | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Rediscovery | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Shattered Chain | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Spell Sword | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Forbidden Tower | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Thendara House | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
12 | City of Sorcery | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Star of Danger | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Winds of Darkover | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Bloody Sun | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Heritage of Hastur | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Planet Savers (Short Story) | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Sharra's Exile | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Sword of Aldones | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The World Wreckers | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Exile's Song | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Shadow Matrix | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Two to Conquer | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Zandru's Forge | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
25 | A Flame in Hali | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Hastur Lord | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Children of Kings | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Death of Brendan Ensolare (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Ski the Hellers (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Laran Gambit | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Arilinn | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ring of Fire I | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | 1634: The Ram Rebellion | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Ring of Fire II | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
4 | 1635: The Tangled Web | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Ring of Fire III | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
6 | 1635: Music and Murder | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
7 | 1636: Seas of Fortune | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
8 | 1636: The Barbie Consortium | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Ring of Fire IV | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
10 | 1635: The Wars for the Rhine | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
11 | 1636: Flight of the Nightingale | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
12 | 1637: The Coast of Chaos | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Witches of Karres Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Witches of Karres | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Wizard of Karres | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Sorceress of Karres | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Shaman of Karres | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Elisabeth Waters Short Stories/Novellas with Elisabeth Waters
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Alton Gift (Short Story) | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Rebirth (Short Story) | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Child of the Heart (Short Story) | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Out of the Frying Pan (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Destined for the Tower (Short Story) | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Bed of Roses (Short Story) | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Scam Artistry (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
8 | A Proper Escort (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
9 | A Capella (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Meeting of Minds (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Sin Catenas (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Midsummer Folly (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Dragon in Distress (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Sixth String (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
15 | A Prince Among Frogs (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Birthday Gift (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Dragon's Horde (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Ice Princess (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Blood Calls to Blood (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Trees of Avalon (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The School Up the Hill (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Our Fathers' Gold (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
23 | The Virgin and the Volcano (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Things That Go Grump in the Night (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Gunnora's Gift (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Cold Spell (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Shadowlands (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Magic in Suburbia (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
29 | The Princess, the Dragon and the Frog Prince (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Line Dancing (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
31 | The Lesser Twin (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
32 | A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy |
Order of Lost Continent Series with Rachel Lee, Catherine Asaro
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charmed Destinies | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Charmed Sphere | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Misted Cliffs | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Dawn Star | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Fire Opal | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Night Bird | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Bard's Tale Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Castle of Deception | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fortress of Frost and Fire | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Prison of Souls | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Chaos Gate | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Thunder of the Captains | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Wrath of the Princes: A Bard's Tale Novel | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Escape from Roksamur | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Curse of the Black Heron | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Mercedes Lackey Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Troubled Waters | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Spell Singers | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Friends of the Horseclans II | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Battlestations | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Honor of the Regiment | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | In Celebration of Lammas Night | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Flights of Fantasy | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
9 | DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
10 | DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Women Writing Science Fiction As Men | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Charmed Destinies | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Ring of Fire I | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Winter Moon | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Space Cadets | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Ring of Fire III | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
19 | When the Villain Comes Home | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Music of Darkover | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
23 | A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
25 | No True Way | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
26 | The Best of Galaxy's Edge Magazine 2013-2014 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Fierce | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Nebula Awards 50 (2016) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Knaves | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 40, September 2019 | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Conversations From the Edge: The Galaxy's Edge Interviews | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Merciless Mermaids | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
33 | A Dragon and Her Girl | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Talia Sensedaughter is the featured protagonist in the “Heralds of Valdemar” sub-series of books authored by Mercedes Lackey. The first book portraying Talia Sensedaughter was published in mid-1987 titled Arrows of the Queen, and the sub-series of novels are shelved as speculative fiction genre (specifically fantasy literature).
For starters, Talia Sensedaughter is a Herald of the Valdemar’s queen. Incidentally, a Herald is a high-profile profession and Valdemar is the fictitious nation of planet Velgath; they form the basis of the books by Mercedes Lackey. The launch pad of the mini-series is Talia, who is an escapee and has now been offered a job relating to royal affairs.
The first book in the sub-series, Arrows of the Queen, starts by revisiting how Talia, a youthful escapee, saved a well-known Companion (a horse-like magical creature). Her commendable action earns her a job wherein she is made one of the Heralds.
By and by, Talia chances upon a coup plan and this sparks her quest for cushioning the queen. The ensuing plot will whet your appetite for more of her books, and made Mercedes Lackey one of the contestants for the Locus Poll Awards (1988) in the Best First Novel category.
Mercedes Lackey Awards
Mercedes Lackey has won prestigious awards and been nominated for other awards which transcend her literary work. In the years 1988, 1989, and 2005, Mercedes Lackey clinched the film music-centric Pegasus Award five times, thanks to her music career.
Closer home, the following the literary awards where she has been a nominee or won. In 1988, her 1987 book titled Arrows of the Queen was nominated for the Locus Award in the Best First Novel category. In 1989, her pro-LGBT 1989 novel titled Magic’s Pawn was a nominee for the Lambda Literary Awards in the LGBT Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category; In 1990, Lackey’s 1990 novel named Magic’s Prince won this award.
In 1991, the novel titled The Elverbane won in the Book of the Year Award category of The Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). In 1993, Winds of Change, a novel which she penned in 1992, was nominated for the Locus Award in the Best Fantasy Novel grouping. In 1994, Mercedes Lackey was nominated twice. First, her 1993 novel titled The Robin & the Kestrel was nominated for the Locus Award in the Best Fantasy Novel category. Secondly, her 1994 book named Storm Warning was nominated for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Science Fiction or Fantasy category. Similarly, her 1994 book titled The Black Gryphon was nominated for the SFBC (1994) award in the Book of the Year category.
Also nominated for the Locus Award (1995), in the Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel category, is the 1994 novel titled Sacred Ground and authored by Mercedes Lackey. Her 1995 novel titled The White Gryphon was nominated for the SFBC awards in 1995. Elvenblood, which she published in 1995, was nominated for the SFBC (1995) in the Book of the Year category. Storm Rising, produced in 1995, was nominated for the Locus Award (1996) in the Best Fantasy Novel group. Mercedes Lackey published a novel in 1996, called Firebird, and it was also nominated for the said award in 1996.
Best Mercedes Books
Many of the books authored by Mercedes Lackey are bestsellers by their own right. The following is a description of her best books by virtue of being nominated for or clinching coveted literary awards. Arguably, Storm Warning, which is the third in the Mage Storms series, is the best book. It is about the war-ravaged Valdemar kingdom in the run-up to a looming war with another kingdom, albeit one with magic superiority.
Hard on the heels of that best book by Mercedes Lackey is The Elvenbane, albeit co-authored. This book is the first one in the Halfblood Chronicles series. It revolves around Shana, a female crossbreed, who has been saved and reared by hitherto unknown dragons. Shana is a manifestation of a prophecy-come-true and makes the Elvenlord people jittery.
Other Book Series You May Like
Avid readers of books crafted by Mercedes Lackey also found the following books interesting. The first one Tanya Huff‘s series called Quarters. This is about Bannon and Vree, two siblings-cum-assassins, whose assassination mission is ill-fated. Their target is a master of magic and greatly inconveniences them when he mysteriously takes Bannon’s physical form, leaving them to share Vree’s body.
Another worthy series is called Sword and Sorceress, written by Marion Zimmer Bradley. This one is about courageous, gifted, and daring females with masterly knowledge of using swords and magic, and trumping in a world fraught with dangers.
When Does The Next Mercedes Lackey book come out?
The next book by Mercedes Lackey is Gryphon’s Valor and will be released on June, 24th 2025. It is the newest book in the Kelvren's Saga Series.
my favorite author since I found her books. has helped me go back to sleep when I’m up. thank you Mercedes!!!!!! I have always liked fantasy & science fiction.