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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 ( With: Josepha Sherman) 1994 Description / Buy
4 The Eagle & the Nightingales 1995 Description / Buy
5 Four & Twenty Blackbirds 1997 Description / Buy

Order of Bedlam's Bard Series

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1 Knight of Ghosts and Shadows 1990 Description / Buy
2 Bedlam Boyz ( By: Ellen Guon) 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
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Order of Blood Of Ten Chiefs Series

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1 The Blood of Ten Chiefs ( By: C.J. Cherryh, Nancy Springer, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, Diane Carey, Mark C. Perry, Richard Pini, Allen L. Wold) 1986 Description / Buy
2 Wolfsong ( By: Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin, Richard Pini) 1989 Description / Buy
3 The Winds of Change ( With: Nancy Springer, Janny Wurts, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Richard Pini, Allen L. Wold) 1989 Description / Buy
4 Against the Wind ( With: Nancy Springer, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Len Wein, Heather Gladney, Richard Pini, Allen L. Wold, Deni Loubert) 1990 Description / Buy
5 Dark Hours ( With: Esther M. Friesner, Nancy Springer, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Richard Pini) 1993 Description / Buy
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Order of Brainship Series

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1 The Ship Who Sang ( By: Anne McCaffrey) 1969 Description / Buy
2 The Ship Who Searched ( With: Anne McCaffrey) 1992 Description / Buy
3 PartnerShip ( By: Margaret Ball) 1992 Description / Buy
4 The City Who Fought ( By: S.M. Stirling) 1993 Description / Buy
5 The Ship Who Won ( By: Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye) 1993 Description / Buy
6 The Ship Errant ( By: Jody Lynn Nye) 1996 Description / Buy
7 The Ship Avenged ( By: S.M. Stirling) 1997 Description / Buy
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Order of Darkover Series with Marion Zimmer Bradley

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1 Different Kind of Courage 1985 Description / Buy
2 Set a Thief 1991 Description / Buy
3 Rediscovery ( With: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1993 Description / Buy
4 Poetic License 1994 Description / Buy
5 An Object Lesson 2010 Description / Buy

Order of Diana Tregarde Series

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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

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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

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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 ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2012 Description / Buy
12 Elementary ( With: Elisabeth Waters) 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
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Order of Exiled Series

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1 Clan of the Claw ( By: John Ringo, Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael Z. Williamson) 2011 Description / Buy
2 By Tooth and Claw ( With: John Ringo, S.M. Stirling, Jody Lynn Nye, Eric Flint) 2015 Description / Buy
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Order of Enduring Flame Series

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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

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1 Firebird 1996 Description / Buy
2 The Black Swan 1999 Description / Buy

Order of Five Hundred Kingdoms Series

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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

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1 The Elvenbane ( With: Andre Norton) 1991 Description / Buy
2 Elvenblood ( With: Andre Norton) 1995 Description / Buy
3 Elvenborn ( With: Andre Norton) 2002 Description / Buy

Order of Heirs of Alexandria Series with Eric Flint, Dave Freer

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1 The Shadow of the Lion ( By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2002 Description / Buy
2 This Rough Magic ( With: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2003 Description / Buy
3 A Mankind Witch ( By: Dave Freer) 2005 Description / Buy
4 Much Fall of Blood ( By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2010 Description / Buy
5 Burdens of the Dead ( With: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2013 Description / Buy
6 All the Plagues of Hell ( By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2018 Description / Buy
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Order of Valdemar: Heralds of Valdemar Prequel Series

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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

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1 Hunter 2015 Description / Buy
2 Elite 2016 Description / Buy
3 Apex 2017 Description / Buy

Order of Jennifer Talldeer Series

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1 Sacred Ground 1994 Description / Buy

Order of Kelvren's Saga Series with Larry Dixon

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1 Gryphon in Light ( With: Larry Dixon) 2023 Description / Buy
2 Gryphon’s Valor ( With: Larry Dixon) 2025 Description / Buy

Order of Obsidian Mountain Series

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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

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1 The House of the Four Winds 2014 Description / Buy

Order of Reboots Series with Cody Martin

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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

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1 Born to Run 1992 Description / Buy
2 Wheels of Fire ( With: Mark Shepherd) 1992 Description / Buy
3 When the Bough Breaks 1993 Description / Buy
4 Chrome Circle 1994 Description / Buy
5 Elvendude ( By: Mark Shepherd) 1994 Description / Buy
6 Spiritride ( By: Mark Shepherd) 1997 Description / Buy
7 Lazerwarz ( By: Mark Shepherd) 1999 Description / Buy
8 The Chrome Borne 1999 Description / Buy
9 The Otherworld ( With: Holly Lisle, Mark Shepherd) 2000 Description / Buy
10 The Waters and the Wild ( With: Rosemary Edghill) 2005 Description / Buy
11 Silence 2016 Description / Buy
12 Breaking Silence 2020 Description / Buy
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Order of Doubled Edge Series with Roberta Gellis

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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

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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

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1 Tales of the Witch World 2 ( By: Andre Norton) 1988 Description / Buy
2 Werehunter 1999 Description / Buy
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Order of The Bard's Tale: Naitachal Series with Josepha Sherman, Mark Shepherd

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1 Castle of Deception ( With: Josepha Sherman) 1992 Description / Buy
2 Fortress of Frost and Fire 1993 Description / Buy
3 Prison of Souls ( With: Mark Shepherd) 1993 Description / Buy
4 The Chaos Gate ( By: Josepha Sherman) 1994 Description / Buy
5 Escape from Roksamur ( By: Mark Shepherd) 1997 Description / Buy
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Order of The Dragon Prophecy Series

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1 Crown of Vengeance 2012 Description / Buy
2 Blade of Empire 2017 Description / Buy

Order of The Founding of Valdemar Series

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1 Beyond 2021 Description / Buy
2 Into the West 2022 Description / Buy
3 Valdemar 2023 Description / Buy

Order of The Secret World Chronicles Series

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1 Storm Warning 1994 Description / Buy
2 Storm Rising 1995 Description / Buy
3 Storm Breaking 1996 Description / Buy

Order of Valdemar: Mage Wars Series

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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

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1 By the Sword 1991 Description / Buy

Order of Valdemar: Mage Winds Series

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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

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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

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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

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1 Owlflight 1997 Description / Buy
2 Owlsight 1998 Description / Buy
3 Owlknight 1999 Description / Buy

Order of Valdemar: The Tale of Lavan Firestorm Series

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1 Brightly Burning 2000 Description / Buy

Order of Valdemar: Vows and Honor Series

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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

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1 Stolen Silver (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
2 The Arrows of the Queen Concordance: Valdemar in Talia's Time (Short Story) ( With: Juanita Coulson, Jody A. Lee, Michael Longcor, Terri Lee) 1994 Description / Buy
3 On the Other Side (Short Story) 2010 Description / Buy
4 A Storytelling of Crows (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
5 A Charm of Finches (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
6 A Leash of Greyhounds (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2012 Description / Buy
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Order of Valdemar Anthologies

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1 Valdemar Companion 1990 Description / Buy
2 Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar ( With: Gary A. Braunbeck, John Helfers, Larry Dixon, Richard Lee Byers, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Tanya Huff, Elisabeth Waters, Janni Lee Simner, Lawrence Schimel, Kristin Schwengel, Stephanie D. Shaver, Ben Ohlander, Michelle Sagara, Mel White, John Yezeguielian, Philip M. Austin) 1997 Description / Buy
3 Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar ( By: Josepha Sherman) 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 ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2009 Description / Buy
7 Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar 2010 Description / Buy
8 Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
9 The One Left Behind (Short Story) 2014 Description / Buy
10 No True Way ( With: Dayle A. Dermatis, Ron Collins, Jennifer Brozek, Elisabeth Waters) 2014 Description / Buy
11 Crucible ( With: Anthea Sharp) 2015 Description / Buy
12 Tempest ( By: Anthea Sharp) 2016 Description / Buy
13 Pathways 2017 Description / Buy
14 The Demon's Den and Other Tales of Valdemar ( By: Tanya Huff) 2018 Description / Buy
15 Choices ( By: Anthea Sharp) 2018 Description / Buy
16 Seasons ( By: Anthea Sharp) 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
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Order of Wing Commander Series

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1 Freedom Flight ( With: Ellen Guon) 1992 Description / Buy
2 End Run ( By: Christopher Stasheff) 1993 Description / Buy
3 Fleet Action ( By: William R. Forstchen) 1994 Description / Buy
4 Heart Of The Tiger ( By: William R. Forstchen) 1995 Description / Buy
5 The Price of Freedom ( By: William R. Forstchen, Ben Ohlander) 1996 Description / Buy
6 Action Stations ( By: William R. Forstchen) 1997 Description / Buy
7 False Colors ( By: William R. Forstchen) 1998 Description / Buy
8 Wing Commander Novelization ( By: Peter Telep) 1999 Description / Buy
9 Wing Commander Junior Novelization ( By: Peter Telep) 1999 Description / Buy
10 Pilgrim Stars ( By: Peter Telep) 1999 Description / Buy
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Order of Mercedes Lackey Standalone Novels

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1 If I Pay Thee Not in Gold ( With: Piers Anthony) 1993 Description / Buy
2 Tiger Burning Bright ( With: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton) 1995 Description / Buy
3 Mapping the World of Harry Potter 2005 Description / Buy
4 Gwenhwyfar 2009 Description / Buy
5 Arcanum 101 ( With: Rosemary Edghill) 2012 Description / Buy
6 Dead Reckoning ( With: Rosemary Edghill) 2012 Description / Buy
7 Briarheart 2021 Description / Buy

Order of Mercedes Lackey Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Jihad (Short Story) 1993 Description / Buy
2 Landscape of the Imagination (Short Story) 2010 Description / Buy
3 Dragon in Distress (Short Story) ( With: Elisabeth Waters) 2010 Description / Buy
4 Once and Future (Short Story) 2012 Description / Buy

Order of Mercedes Lackey Short Story Collections

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1 Fiddler Fair 1998 Description / Buy
2 The River's Gift 1999 Description / Buy
3 Winter Moon ( With: Tanith Lee, C.E. Murphy) 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

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1 The Planet Savers (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1962 Description / Buy
2 The Sword of Aldones ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1962 Description / Buy
3 The Bloody Sun ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1964 Description / Buy
4 Star of Danger ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1965 Description / Buy
5 The Winds of Darkover ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1970 Description / Buy
6 The World Wreckers ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1971 Description / Buy
7 Darkover Landfall ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1972 Description / Buy
8 The Spell Sword ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1974 Description / Buy
9 The Heritage of Hastur ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1975 Description / Buy
10 The Shattered Chain ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1976 Description / Buy
11 The Forbidden Tower ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1977 Description / Buy
12 Stormqueen! ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1978 Description / Buy
13 Two to Conquer ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1980 Description / Buy
14 Sharra's Exile ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1981 Description / Buy
15 Hawkmistress! ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1982 Description / Buy
16 Thendara House ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1983 Description / Buy
17 City of Sorcery ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1984 Description / Buy
18 The Heirs of Hammerfell ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1989 Description / Buy
19 Rediscovery ( With: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1993 Description / Buy
20 Exile's Song ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1996 Description / Buy
21 The Shadow Matrix ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1997 Description / Buy
22 Traitor's Sun ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1999 Description / Buy
23 Zandru's Forge ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2003 Description / Buy
24 A Flame in Hali ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2004 Description / Buy
25 Hastur Lord ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2010 Description / Buy
26 Death of Brendan Ensolare (Short Story) ( By: Deborah Wheeler) 2011 Description / Buy
27 The Children of Kings ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2013 Description / Buy
28 Thunderlord ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2016 Description / Buy
29 Ski the Hellers (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2020 Description / Buy
30 The Laran Gambit ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2022 Description / Buy
31 Arilinn ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2024 Description / Buy

Chronological Order of Darkover Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Darkover Landfall ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1972 Description / Buy
2 Stormqueen! ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1978 Description / Buy
3 Thunderlord ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2016 Description / Buy
4 Traitor's Sun ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1999 Description / Buy
5 Hawkmistress! ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1982 Description / Buy
6 The Heirs of Hammerfell ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1989 Description / Buy
7 Rediscovery ( With: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1993 Description / Buy
8 The Shattered Chain ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1976 Description / Buy
9 The Spell Sword ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1974 Description / Buy
10 The Forbidden Tower ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1977 Description / Buy
11 Thendara House ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1983 Description / Buy
12 City of Sorcery ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1984 Description / Buy
13 Star of Danger ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1965 Description / Buy
14 The Winds of Darkover ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1970 Description / Buy
15 The Bloody Sun ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1964 Description / Buy
16 The Heritage of Hastur ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1975 Description / Buy
17 The Planet Savers (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1962 Description / Buy
18 Sharra's Exile ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1981 Description / Buy
19 The Sword of Aldones ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1962 Description / Buy
20 The World Wreckers ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1971 Description / Buy
21 Exile's Song ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1996 Description / Buy
22 The Shadow Matrix ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1997 Description / Buy
23 Two to Conquer ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley) 1980 Description / Buy
24 Zandru's Forge ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2003 Description / Buy
25 A Flame in Hali ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2004 Description / Buy
26 Hastur Lord ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2010 Description / Buy
27 The Children of Kings ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2013 Description / Buy
28 Death of Brendan Ensolare (Short Story) ( By: Deborah Wheeler) 2011 Description / Buy
29 Ski the Hellers (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2020 Description / Buy
30 The Laran Gambit ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2022 Description / Buy
31 Arilinn ( By: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross) 2024 Description / Buy
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Order of Ring of Fire Anthology Series

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1 Ring of Fire I ( With: Eric Flint, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth, S.L. Viehl, Mike Turner) 2004 Description / Buy
2 1634: The Ram Rebellion ( By: Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce) 2006 Description / Buy
3 Ring of Fire II ( By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer, K.D. Wentworth, Andrew Dennis, David Carrico) 2008 Description / Buy
4 1635: The Tangled Web ( By: Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce) 2009 Description / Buy
5 Ring of Fire III ( With: Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon) 2011 Description / Buy
6 1635: Music and Murder ( By: David Carrico) 2013 Description / Buy
7 1636: Seas of Fortune ( By: Iver P. Cooper) 2013 Description / Buy
8 1636: The Barbie Consortium ( By: Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett) 2014 Description / Buy
9 Ring of Fire IV ( By: David Brin, Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon, Virginia DeMarce, David Carrico) 2016 Description / Buy
10 1635: The Wars for the Rhine ( By: Anette Pedersen) 2016 Description / Buy
11 1636: Flight of the Nightingale ( By: David Carrico) 2019 Description / Buy
12 1637: The Coast of Chaos ( By: Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett) 2021 Description / Buy
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Order of The Witches of Karres Series

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1 The Witches of Karres ( By: James Schmitz, Hayao Miyazaki) 1966 Description / Buy
2 The Wizard of Karres 2004 Description / Buy
3 The Sorceress of Karres ( By: Eric Flint, Dave Freer) 2010 Description / Buy
4 The Shaman of Karres ( By: Eric Flint) 2020 Description / Buy
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Order of Elisabeth Waters Short Stories/Novellas with Elisabeth Waters

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1 The Alton Gift (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1980 Description / Buy
2 Rebirth (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1982 Description / Buy
3 Child of the Heart (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1985 Description / Buy
4 Out of the Frying Pan (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1991 Description / Buy
5 Destined for the Tower (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 1993 Description / Buy
6 Bed of Roses (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2001 Description / Buy
7 Scam Artistry (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2008 Description / Buy
8 A Proper Escort (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2009 Description / Buy
9 A Capella (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2009 Description / Buy
10 Meeting of Minds (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2009 Description / Buy
11 Sin Catenas (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2009 Description / Buy
12 Midsummer Folly (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2010 Description / Buy
13 Dragon in Distress (Short Story) ( With: Elisabeth Waters) 2010 Description / Buy
14 The Sixth String (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
15 A Prince Among Frogs (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
16 The Birthday Gift (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
17 The Dragon's Horde (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
18 Ice Princess (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
19 Blood Calls to Blood (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
20 Trees of Avalon (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
21 The School Up the Hill (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
22 Our Fathers' Gold (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
23 The Virgin and the Volcano (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
24 Things That Go Grump in the Night (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
25 Gunnora's Gift (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
26 Cold Spell (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
27 Shadowlands (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2011 Description / Buy
28 Magic in Suburbia (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2012 Description / Buy
29 The Princess, the Dragon and the Frog Prince (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2012 Description / Buy
30 Line Dancing (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2012 Description / Buy
31 The Lesser Twin (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2013 Description / Buy
32 A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes (Short Story) ( By: Elisabeth Waters) 2013 Description / Buy
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Order of Lost Continent Series with Rachel Lee, Catherine Asaro

# Read Title Published Details
1 Charmed Destinies ( With: Rachel Lee, Catherine Asaro) 2003 Description / Buy
2 The Charmed Sphere ( By: Catherine Asaro) 2004 Description / Buy
3 The Misted Cliffs ( By: Catherine Asaro) 2005 Description / Buy
4 The Dawn Star ( By: Catherine Asaro) 2006 Description / Buy
5 The Fire Opal ( By: Catherine Asaro) 2007 Description / Buy
6 The Night Bird ( By: Catherine Asaro) 2008 Description / Buy
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Order of The Bard's Tale Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Castle of Deception ( With: Josepha Sherman) 1992 Description / Buy
2 Fortress of Frost and Fire 1993 Description / Buy
3 Prison of Souls ( With: Mark Shepherd) 1993 Description / Buy
4 The Chaos Gate ( By: Josepha Sherman) 1994 Description / Buy
5 Thunder of the Captains ( By: Holly Lisle, Aaron Allston) 1996 Description / Buy
6 Wrath of the Princes: A Bard's Tale Novel ( By: Holly Lisle, Aaron Allston) 1997 Description / Buy
7 Escape from Roksamur ( By: Mark Shepherd) 1997 Description / Buy
8 Curse of the Black Heron ( By: Holly Lisle) 1998 Description / Buy
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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
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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.

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  1. 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.

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