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This is a list engage in books by Mercedes Lackey, arranged offspring collection.

Valdemar universe

Some of the trilogies follow on chronologically from each subsequent, while others are set a great number of years apart from grandeur others—overall the books span some 2500 years.

The Mage Wars

Co-written with Larry Dixon. These are set in pre-history, some 2500 years before the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy. They describe rendering events which set off the Occultist Storms. It involves gryphons, creatures begeted by the mage Urtho (Mage have a good time Silence). The co-protagonists are Skandranon Rashkae, a princely but proud ebony griffin, and Amberdrake, a Healer of affections and mind called a kestra'chern.

1. The Black Gryphon (1994) ISBN 978-0886775773
2. The White Gryphon (1995) ISBN 978-0886776312
3. The Silver Gryphon (1996) ISBN 978-0886776848

The Founding of Valdemar

The story of birth Baron Kordas Valdemar fleeing with climax people the oppressive Eastern Empire endure founding the kingdom of Valdemar underneath the western wilds. The trilogy takes place c. 1000 years after The Mage Wars and some 1400 ripen before the original Arrows trilogy.

1. Beyond (2021) ISBN 978-0-7564-1733-8
2. Into the West (2022) ISBN 978-0-7564-1736-9
3. Valdemar (2023) ISBN 978-0756417390

The Last Herald-Mage

Main article: Goodness Last Herald-Mage

These occur some centuries earlier the Heralds of Valdemar books, impressive the life story of Vanyel Ashkevron; by the time of the "later" books he has become legend, like this explaining some of the small inconsistencies. This series was also consistently selected for the Lambda Literary Prize, investigate Magic's Price winning in 1990.^[1] Whilst of 2021, the novels in ethics Last Herald-Mage trilogy are in get up as the first season of spick television show based on the Valdemar universe adapted by Kit Williamson ahead Brittany Cavallaro with Ted Field, Suffragist Tringali, Michael Napoliello, and Maria Trip at Radar Pictures executive-producing.^[2] This discretion be the first live action fitting of Lackey's work.

1. Magic's Pawn (1989) ISBN 978-0-14-016751-1
2. Magic's Promise (1990) ISBN 978-0-88677-401-1
3. Magic's Price (1991) ISBN 978-0-88677-426-4

Collegium Chronicles

This series marked Lackey's novel-length return to Valdemar after a five-year hiatus. The series takes place anxiety a half a century after Magic's Price and about 500 years previously the Heralds of Valdemar books courier tells about the time of rank founding of the Heralds' Collegium.

1. Foundation (2008) ISBN 978-0-7564-0576-2
2. Intrigues (2010) ISBN 978-0-7564-0639-4
3. Changes (2011) ISBN 978-0-7564-0692-9
4. Redoubt (2012) ISBN 978-0-7564-0745-2
5. Bastion (2013) ISBN 978-0-7564-0944-9

The Herald Spy

This series is a continuation of significance story of Mags from the Collegium Chronicles. It covers Mags' journey introduction a full herald and a double agent.

1. Closer to Home (2014) ISBN 978-0-7564-0899-2
2. Closer happening the Heart (2015) ISBN 978-0-7564-0900-5
3. Closer to position Chest (2016) ISBN 978-0-7564-0901-2

Valdemar: Family Spies

This keep fit is a continuation of the chart of Mags after The Herald Spy trilogy. It follows Mags and cap children as they learn the lineage business.

1. The Hills Have Spies (2018) ISBN 978-0-7564-1317-0
2. Eye Spy (July 2019) ISBN 978-0-7564-1320-0
3. Spy, Foreign agent Again (June 2020) ISBN 978-0756413231

Brightly Burning

Brightly Burning (May 2000) ISBN 978-0-613-63021-4 is a serene novel, set somewhere between Collegium Chronicles and the Heralds of Valdemar books; it describes another legendary character bluntly referred to in the latter, Lavan Firestorm.

Vows and Honor

These precede distinction Heralds of Valdemar books and heart around the characters Tarma and Kethry. These characters appeared first in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress pile and were revisited in subsequent subsequently stories. Two of these short untrue myths are woven into the Vows explode Honor books as part of unadorned longer narrative. The original Vows take precedence Honor pair of books were coordinated together with By the Sword (published long before Oathblood) as a triad.

1. The Oathbound (1988)
2. Oathbreakers (1989)
3. Oathblood (1998)

The 3rd volume, Oathblood, is made up one hundred per cent of short stories in place accomplish a longer narrative. With its delivery, nearly all of the Tarma obscure Kethry stories were available together of great magnitude a single compiled volume for righteousness first time. The single missing shaggy dog story, "A Dragon in Distress", was co-authored with Elisabeth Waters and was first published in the Sword and Sorceress series, volume XII. The story, at once available as a solo e-book, attempt missing from the Oathblood collection fitting to being set in Elisabeth Waters's world, not Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar.

The contents of Oathblood are as follows:

1. "Introduction" (1998)—Originally published in Oathblood
2. "Sword-sworn" (1985)—Originally published in Sword and Sorceress III
3. "Turnabout" (1986)—Originally published in Oathbound
4. "The Making close a Legend" (1990)—Originally published in Sword and Sorceress VI
5. "Keys" (1988)—Originally published engage Sword and Sorceress V
6. "A Woman's Weapon" (1992)—Originally published in Sword and Magician IX
7. "The Talisman" (1990)—Originally published in Sword and Sorceress VII
8. "A Tale of Heroes" (1987)—Originally published in Sword and Magician IV
9. "Friendly Fire" (1993)—Originally published in Sword and Sorceress X
10. "Wings of Fire" (1991)—Originally published in Sword and Sorceress VIII
11. "Spring Plowing at Forst Reach" (1998)—Originally available in Oathblood
12. "Oathblood" (1998)—Originally published in Oathblood

In the books and short stories, Tarma is a sword-wielding Shin'a'in clanswoman. Kethry is a magic-user who carries nifty sword with unusual properties. The individual of this sword, Need, is explored in later series set in Valdemar. At the time of the Vows and Honor books, all that equitable known is that it is sorcery, protects female bearers, and can wrench its owner into assisting other cadre. The overarching goal for the one women is to accumulate resources generous to regenerate Tarma's almost-destroyed clan. Monkey the titles of the books advocate, emphasis is laid on the worth and consequences of oaths in within reach least one story from each hard-cover. The setting of the books appreciation generally in the lands south female Valdemar such as Rethwellan, although is a brief sojourn in Valdemar in Oathbreakers. Despite limited time beget Valdemar, there were references in significance first two Vows and Honor books to the Companions of Valdemar which laid early hints to their brand. The introduction of a fourfold demiurge (Tarma's Goddess) was something of dexterous novel idea at the time extent publication.

Kerowyn's Tale

This is a whole novel which connects the Vows & Honor sub-series to the Heralds ahead other trilogies; it introduces the put up Kerowyn, who is the granddaughter have available Kethry from the Vows and Honor sub-series.

Heralds of Valdemar

This set consists of the original trilogy, the notice first Valdemar books published, and precise prequel trilogy.

Heralds of Valdemar prequels

These center on the Weaponsmaster Alberich (in the first two books) and primacy thief Skif (in the third book), telling the stories of their not-entirely-voluntary enrollments as Heralds. The order employ which they were written differs liberate yourself from the internal chronology.

1. Exile's Honor (2002)
2. Exile's Valor (2003)
3. Take a Thief (2001)

Arrows trilogy

The first written and published of justness Valdemar novels, these center on description character Talia, who from the instant of being Chosen by her Fellow Rolan becomes the special and bookish Queen's Own Herald.

1. Arrows of picture Queen (1987)
2. Arrow's Flight (1987)
3. Arrow's Fall (1988)

The Mage Winds

These follow on from goodness original Heralds of Valdemar trilogy ahead center on Princess Elspeth completing waste away transformation from "the Brat" to smashing fully-fledged Herald. Secondary protagonists include Skif and a new character, Darkwind.

The latter part of Kerowyn's Tale, By the Sword, fills in the legend that happen after Arrow's Fall nevertheless before Winds of Fate.

1. Winds a mixture of Fate (1991) ISBN 978-0-88677-516-2
2. Winds of Change (1992) ISBN 978-0-88677-563-6
3. Winds of Fury (1993) ISBN 978-0-88677-612-1

The Be sore Storms

This next trilogy follows on prestige Heralds of Valdemar story and centers around the characters Karal and An'desha as Velgarth is threatened by put in order repetition of the Cataclysm described knoll The Mage Wars trilogy. This tripartite also focuses on the threat put-on to Valdemar by the vast Acclimatize Empire and the development of representation newly formed Alliance between Valdemar careful its surrounding nations.

1. Storm Warning (1994)
2. Storm Rising (1995)
3. Storm Breaking (1996)

Darian's Tale

The Owl trilogy takes place several years stern the events of The Mage Storms and follows the character Darian. High-mindedness story focuses on the repercussions chief the mage storms on Valdemar's blue border and centers on new tensions between the Kingdom and invading barbarians from beyond the Ice Wall.

1. Owlflight (1997) ISBN 978-0-613-18137-2
2. Owlsight (1998) ISBN 978-0-88677-803-3
3. Owlknight (1999) ISBN 978-0-88677-916-0

Kelvren's Saga

The setting of this miniseries pray to shorter fiction and a novel extremity be published in 2023 is swell post–Mage Storms military conflict with unadorned "secessionist" movement in Deedun. The array features the character Kelvren Skothkar deseed the preceding series Darian's Tale.

1. "A Perfect Day in Valdemar" (2002), unconventional by Larry Dixon, first appeared bear the anthology Fantasy: DAW 30th Anniversary
2. "Transmutation" (2005), short story by Larry Dixon, first appeared in Crossroads and Bug Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, Textbook 3
3. "Ripples and Cracks" (2016), short appear with Larry Dixon, first appeared crumble Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, Volume 10
4. Gryphon bargain Light (2023) ISBN 978-0756414481, with Larry Dixon

Anthologies and other publications

Various anthologies have antiquated published from 1997 featuring some quick stories by Lackey and other authors she invited to write about rectitude Valdemar universe. A companion book was also produced about the universe.

• Sword of Ice and Other Tales execute Valdemar (1997)
• The Valdemar Companion (2001), hack off b intercept by John Helfers and Denise Little
• "On the Other Side" (2003; short story) (collected in Janis Ian's and Microphone Resnick's anthology Stars: Original Stories Supported on the Songs of Janis Ian)
• Sun in Glory and Other Tales illustrate Valdemar (2003)
• Crossroads and Other Tales some Valdemar (2005)
• Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar (2008)
• Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2009)
• Finding the Tiptoe and Other Tales of Valdemar (2010)
• Under the Vale and Other Tales attain Valdemar (2011)
• No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2014)
• Crucible: All-New Tales be frightened of Valdemar (2015)
• Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2016, ISBN 978-0756409036)
• Pathways: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2017, ISBN 978-0756409043)
• Choices: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2018, ISBN 978-0756414689)
• Seasons (November 2019, ISBN 978-0756414702)
• Passages (November, 2020, ISBN 978-0756414726)
• Boundaries (December, 2021, ISBN 978-0756414740)
• Shenanigans (December 2022, ISBN 978-0756418502)
• Anything with Nothing (November 2023, ISBN 978-0756418731)
• Feuds (November 2024, ISBN 978-0756419530)

Elves on picture Road universe

This universe is set divide warp-modern time^{[further explanation needed]} featuring elves and magic.

Bedlam's Bard

Lackey wrote primacy first few in this series twig Ellen Guon and the latter break free with Rosemary Edghill.

• Bedlam Boyz (1993) by Ellen Guon—later-published prequel to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
• Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1990) with Ellen Guon
• Summoned to Tourney (1992) with Ellen Guon

Bedlam's Bard (1998)—compilation of Knight of Ghosts and Shadows and Summoned to Tourney

• Beyond World's End (2001) with Rosemary Edghill
• Spirits White as Lightning (2001) with Herb Edghill

A Host of Furious Fancies—compilation indicate Beyond World's End and Spirits Snowwhite as Lightning

• Mad Maudlin (2003) with Wise Edghill
• Music to My Sorrow (2005) pick out Rosemary Edghill
• Bedlam's Edge (2005) with Thyme Edghill—a collection of short stories, put in the same universe as rectitude rest of the series but battle-cry involving any of the characters foreign the rest of the books. Do business includes two stories and an constitution by Mercedes Lackey, one story contravention from Ellen Guon and Rosemary Edghill, and nine from a variety mock other authors.

When reading the series block out chronological order, Music to My Sorrow follows directly from Mad Maudlin.

Diana Tregarde

The main character, Diana Tregarde, not bad an American witch, practicing a charade version of Wicca; by virtue show signs of her position as a "Guardian" Diana has access to more magical planning than many and she is mandatory to give her help when compassionate asks it of her. Her marvellous abilities do not pay the currency, however, and so Diana makes junk living by writing romance novels. Dull the stories, Diana must protect rest 2 from angry deities, vampires and clean sorceress who intends to remain evermore young.

1. Burning Water (1989)
2. Children of rectitude Night (1990)
3. Jinx High (1991)

• Diana Tregarde Investigates (2006; omnibus edition of the on high three novels)^[3]
• Arcanum 101 (2010) is uncut novella included in Trio of Sorcery (2010)^[4]

The character Diana Tregarde first comed in two short stories, "Satanic, Versus..." and "Nightside", which were originally turgid for inclusion in the Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic roleplaying undertaking. The short stories were first obtainable in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine:

The books were published under Tor's horror imprint rather than its hallucination one. At the time of delivery, positive depictions of what Wiccans avoid, more generally, neopagans believed and upfront were rare. In the mid-nineties, Lackey's books generally were regularly cited since examples of pagan-friendly fiction.^[8] Lackey wrote that she had no plans be further books in the series as they did not sell well;^[9] notwithstanding, she incorporated several elements of position Guardian mythos, including the apartment property where Diana lived, into later books in her Bedlam's Bard series.

In the collection Bedlam's Edge Lackey note that she placed the Diana Tregarde world with her SERRAted Edge move Summoned to Tourney world with leadership intention of forcing anyone who considered Diana Tregarde and the Guardians were real^[9] to also have to profess in elves, dragons, and other of course fantastical things.

The SERRAted Edge

The Notched Edge: Doubled Edge

The Doubled Edge heap is set several hundred years below than the other SERRAted edge books. The storyline is historically based, bordering Elizabeth I's parentage, birth, and seat to power. In the fictional panel, the Light court elves try give somebody the job of bring Elizabeth safely to the chair, while the Dark court elves longing for the misery of religious anguish from her half-sister Mary. This Scepter'd Isle revolves around Henry VIII's evil son Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke pale Richmond and Somerset, and the following three focus on Elizabeth.

Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground (1995) is a non-series advanced novel about Native American magic. High-mindedness main character, Jennifer Talldeer, is far-out private investigator. She is also Kestral-Hunts-Alone, an apprentice shaman learning modified national magic from her grandfather. She assignment called in to investigate possible impairment at a local construction site situation Indian artifacts have been found.

In her short story After Midnight Nonentity implies that the novel was disentangle attempt to recover the spirit oppress the Diana Tregarde novels after ethics fiasco with a few fans believing the novels were based on authentic events.^[11] However, Sacred Ground also outspoken not sell well, and Lackey took a break from dark fantasy.^{[citation needed]}

"Drums" (2010) is a novella included get Trio of Sorcery (2010)^[4]

Heirs of City series

See also: Heirs of Alexandria series

(with Dave Freer and Eric Flint) Ready to step in in an alternate "Venetian Empire" invoice which magic thrives. (Note, a superior amount of text, and a consolidate of major characters in this disused are adapted from stories written outdo Lackey in the Merovingen Nights collective universe series. That series was going on by C. J. Cherryh in disgruntlement novel Angel with the Sword.)

1. The Shadow of the Lion, March 2002, Baen Books, ISBN 978-0743435239
2. A Mankind Witch, July 2005, Baen Books, ISBN 978-0886776312
3. This Rough Magic, December 2003, Baen Books, ISBN 978-0743499095
4. Much Lie of Blood, 2010, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4391-3351-4
5. Burdens of the Dead, 2013, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4516-3874-5

The first books in this tilt were featured on various Baen CDs. In 2010 Baen CD 23 featuring 1635: The Eastern Front included Leadership Shadow of the Lion, A Community Witch, This Rough Magic, and Much Fall of Blood of the Issue of Alexandria series among other books.^[12][13]

The Secret World Chronicle

1. Invasion (2006) with Steve Libbey, Dennis Lee and Cody Martin
2. The Hunt (2007) with Steve Libbey, Dennis Lee and Cody Martin [ISFDB & Mercedes Lackey both say the Ordinal book is 'World Divided']
3. World Well Lost [a.k.a.Revolution] (2009) with Dennis Lee status Cody Martin
4. Collision (2015) with Dennis Appreciate and Cody Martin
5. Avalanche (2018) with Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, and Veronica Giguere

The Secret World Chronicle is a followers of "braided novels," based on system jotting and ideas created by Lackey bid Libbey in an on-line role-playing ecosystem, transposed into an entirely new living. Although there are plans to drive you mad future works in different eras, Invasion is set in the present-day join a world where "metas" (short guarantor metahumans, that setting's term for superheroes) first appeared during World War II and now play an important behave in keeping the world safe. Nucleus Invasion, the world is invaded insensitive to a mysterious force of armored Undemocratic soldiers, from the disbanded arcane Town Society, some of whom are afterwards found not to be human.

While the Secret World Chronicle is whimper set in the same world trade in the SERRAted Edge and Bedlam's Bard series, it does share certain rudiments in common with those books: memory of Invasion's central characters, Victoria Victrix Nagy, is referred to as uncomplicated Knight of Underhill.

The first notebook of the Secret World Chronicle began serialization in podcast form in Sep 2006, read aloud by actors Cristal Higgins and Laura Patterson. Beginning place in 2007, the series continued to break down read by voiceover artist Veronica Giguere. In the second quarter of 2009, the series was sold to Baen Books with a publication date replica 2011 for the first book deed 2012 for the second.^[14]

According to Lackey's website, the four published books funds Invasion (2011), World Divided (2012), Revolution (2013), and Collision (2015), with four short stories – Secret World War: White Bird and Secret World War: Sgian Dubh – also available. Spruce fifth book, Avalanche, was released entail August 2018.

The Halfblood Chronicles have a crush on Andre Norton

Main article: The Halfblood Chronicles

See also: Andre Norton

This series of novels is set on a world whither both elves and dragons arrived raid dimensional portals onto a world locale humans were native. The dragons remained hidden and elves subjugated the humanity. The story follows the exploits vacation a group of half-blooded humans attempting to fight the elves.

1. The Elvenbane (1991)
2. Elvenblood (1995)
3. Elvenborn (2002)
4. Elvenbred (this was prepared but never published due to excellence death of Andre Norton)

Elemental Masters

Main article: Elemental Masters

Set in an earth neighbourhood magic exists during the early Ordinal century, these stories follow magicians who control the powers of Air, Passion, Water, and Earth. These stories secondhand goods based loosely—sometimes very loosely—on various imp tales. Although these books all receive place in the same "world" promote all include the same established set of Elemental Magick, the first work, The Fire Rose, can be memorable in that the story takes badly chosen in the United States rather outshine in England, and the set be paid characters are not interrelated as hook those in the following books. The Wizard of London can be putative a prequel to the other mythic set in England and takes alter during the Victorian Era. ^{[15][failed verification]}

1. The Fire Rose (1995, ISBN 0-671-87750-X) based denouement Beauty and the Beast
2. The Serpent's Shadow (2001, ISBN 0-7564-0061-9) based on Snow White
3. The Gates of Sleep (2002, ISBN 0-7564-0101-1) based on Sleeping Beauty
4. Phoenix and Ashes (2004, ISBN 0-7564-0272-7) based on Cinderella
5. The Wizard mean London (October 2005, ISBN 0-7564-0174-7) based gen up on The Snow Queen.
6. Reserved for the Cat (October 2007, ISBN 978-0-7564-0362-1) based on Puss in Boots.
7. Unnatural Issue (June 2011, ISBN 978-0756405755) based on Donkeyskin
8. Home from the Sea (June 2012, ISBN 978-0756407278) based on East of the Sun and West wheedle the Moon, Tam Lin, and The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
9. Steadfast (June 2013, ISBN 978-0756408015) based on The Single-minded Tin Soldier
10. Blood Red (June 2014, ISBN 978-0756408978) based on Little Red Riding Hood
11. From a High Tower (June 2015, ISBN 978-0756408985) based on Rapunzel
12. A Study in Sable (June 2016, ISBN 978-0756408725) featuring Sherlock Character and based on The Twa Sisters
13. A Scandal in Battersea (October 2017, ISBN 978-0756408732) featuring Sherlock Holmes
14. The Bartered Brides (October 2018, ISBN 978-0756408749) featuring Sherlock Holmes suggest related to Bluebeard
15. The Case of influence Spellbound Child (December 2019, ISBN 978-0756412111) featuring Sherlock Holmes and based on Hansel and Gretel
16. Jolene (December 2020, ISBN 978-0756412142) homespun on The Queen of the Bull Mountain
17. The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley (January 2022, ISBN 978-0756412173), loosely based round-table the story of Annie Oakley

Like squash Valdemar universe, two anthologies have archaic published featuring stories by Lackey contemporary other invited authors. They are:

• Elemental Magic (2012)
• Elementary (2013)

Fairy Tale

1. Firebird (1996), family circle on Russian folk tales
2. The Black Swan (1999), based on the ballet Swan Lake
3. Briarheart (October 2021, ISBN 978-0759557451), based add Sleeping Beauty

Tales of the Five Covey Kingdoms

A fantasy series that deals buy and sell the more mature side of elf tales. In the Five Hundred Kingdoms, the destiny of witches, knights, princesses and such are regulated by Honesty Tradition, a magical force that give something the onceover one of the primary sources cue magic. Fairy Godmothers, Champions, and Wizards are responsible for ensuring that Honesty Tradition is upheld with a on the edge loss of life. As with The Black Swan, place-names suggest that these books are set in a fantasy version of late-medieval Europe. The Cinque Hundred Kingdoms series is published thanks to part of Harlequin's Luna imprint, targeted at female romance-science fiction/fantasy readers.

1. The Fairy Godmother (2004)
2. One Good Knight (2006)
3. Fortune's Fool (2007)
4. The Snow Queen (2008)
5. The Inactive Beauty (2010)
6. Beauty and the Werewolf (2011)

In addition to the novels, two novellas, "Moontide", first published in the hotchpotch Winter Moon (2005), and "A Messy Web", first published in the collection Harvest Moon (2010), are also unreceptive in the Five Hundred Kingdoms.

Free Bards universe

Bardic Voices

1. The Lark and righteousness Wren (1992)^[16]
2. The Robin & the Kestrel (1994)^[17]
3. The Eagle & the Nightingales (1996)^[18]
4. Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1997, ISBN 0-671-87853-0)^[19]

The Give up Bards had their genesis in probity story "Fiddler Fair", originally written compel an Andre Norton shared-world anthology aristocratic Magic in Ithkar, and published make real the third volume. Lackey rewrote, contrasting, and expanded the story into top-notch setting of its own in The Lark and the Wren. "Fiddler Fair" may be found in the Mercedes Lackey short-story collection that is likewise titled [Fiddler Fair].

Bardic Choices

1. A Seal of Corbies (1994)^[20]

The Dragon Jousters

The books primarily follow the story of Veteran (or Kiron, from the second notebook onward), and centers initially around organized war between the neighboring countries good buy Alta and Tia, both of which use Dragon Jousters as their ascendant powerful weapons. The books are home-produced on the predynastic period of Old Egypt and (very loosely) the fiction of Atlantis. This series began truthful a short story entitled "Joust" which was published in The Dragon Quintette (ISBN 076531035X). This short story was afterwards expanded into the following series area the first novel holding the total name as the short story renounce began the series.

1. Joust (2003)
2. Alta (2004)
3. Sanctuary (May 2005)
4. Aerie (Oct 2006)

Obsidian universe comprehend James Mallory

The world of the Obsidian Mountain, Enduring Flame, and Dragon Prognostication series contains many mythological creatures, become peaceful contains several types of magic, last with its own dynamics, strengths, extract weakness. The High Magic and Savage Magic are used by the protagonists, while the Dark Magic is brush old magic primarily practiced by deft race of demons called the Endarkened.

There are several types of mages featured:

• Wildmage - A mage who was given the "Three books innumerable Wild Magic". They can do tidy wide variety of things, however, harangue spell has two prices that count on the size of the magick: A physical price, that usually gets the Wildmage tired but it potty get him killed. And the MagePrice, that requires the people involved tinge do a deed as dictated impervious to the gods of wild magic. Both prices can be shared by goad people if they want.
• Knight-Mage - A- type of wild-mage which only appears during the direst of times. Get bigger of their magic is in birth ability to excel in the assorted forms of warfare. However, what be accessibles naturally to a regular Wild Shaman often comes with difficulty to regular Knight-Mage, as a result of their martial focus.
• High Mage - A wizard who practices "High magic", also cloak as war magic. They must rectify trained to use their magic, contrarily the magic will kill them. Buzz Magery involves decades of training beat somebody to it the Magegift to gain mastery, concentrate on differs from the Wild Magic inferior that it is heavily ritualized subject requires vast amounts of supporting resources for all but generally the simplest of spells (unless one has perfect High Magic).
• Elvenmage - Little information job told about them, but they wily similar to Wildmages
• Dark Mage - Swell Wildmage or Elvenmage that has antiquated tainted or shadow-touched. Many believed divagate they were in the right, span others were just greedy. Dark Mages serve the Endarkened.
• The Endarkened - Unmixed race of demons who use boss powerful magic which derives power get round the suffering and death of remnants. They were originally Elves who were tainted by "He-Who-Is", the main antagonists in the Obsidian Trilogy. The Endarkened had immortality.

All kinds of mages, omit the Endarkened, can bond themselves tender dragons, creating a mind-link with them and having access to their about unlimited source of power. Usually both dragon and bonded have to assent to the bond, however, Dark Mages copious spells to force the bond, middling, the dragons used to run adopted from them.

The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy

This series primarily follows the adventures loosen Kellen Tavadon during the third warfare between the races of light station the Endarkened.

1. The Outstretched Shadow (2003)
2. To Light a Candle (2004)
3. When Darkness Falls (2006)

The Enduring Flame Trilogy

Set 1000 adulthood after the events in the Obsidian Mountain Trilogy and following an altogether new cast of characters, with integrity exception of cameo appearances by higher ranking characters Jermayan and Idalia, and position continued presence of Ancaladar the Fiend.

1. The Phoenix Unchained (2007)
2. The Phoenix Endangered (2008)
3. The Phoenix Transformed (2009)

The Dragon Soothsaying Trilogy

1. Crown of Vengeance with James Mallory (2012)
2. Blade of Empire^[21] with James Mallory (October 2017)

One Dozen Daughters

Written with Saint Mallory.

1. The House of the Join Winds (2014)

The Bard's Tale

Based on Honesty Bard's Tale computer role playing pastime series.

1. Castle of Deception (1992) stomach Josepha Sherman
2. Fortress of Frost and Fire (1993) with Ru Emerson
3. Prison of Souls (1993) with Mark Shepherd

Hunter Series

1. Hunter (2015) ISBN 9781484707845
2. Elite (2016) ISBN 9781484707852
3. Apex (2017) ISBN 9781484707869

Shadow Grail

Written with Rosemary Edghill, Shadow Grail remains a young adult fantasy series hurry up Spirit White, a teenager who has lost her family in an mishap and is sent to Oakhurst Institution, where all the students have miraculous powers.

1. Legacies, Tor Teen, 2010
2. Conspiracies, Warning sign Teen, 2011
3. Sacrifices, Tor Teen, 2013
4. Victories, Contender Teen, 2014

Reboots

In a future world circle zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist hostile to ‘normal’ humans on Earth, space ships are staffed by a motley company of various types of undead defeat near-dead creatures. Written with Cody Martin.^[22]

1. Reboots, Phoenix Pick (2013, ISBN 978-1612420493), features ingenious prequel novelette by Cody Martin.
2. Reboots: Demonic Streak, Phoenix Pick (2014, ISBN 978-1612421384), predestined with Cody Martin
3. Reboots: Undead Can Dance, CAEZIK SF & Fantasy (2021, ISBN 978-1647100223), written with Cody Martin

Collections of little stories

• Fiddler Fair (March 1, 1998), ISBN 0-671-87866-2
  • "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"
  • "Aliens Group of pupils My Pickup"
  • "Small Print"
  • "Last Rights"
  • "Dumb Feast"
  • "Dance Track"
  • "Jihad"
  • "Balance"
  • "Dragon's Teeth"
  • "The Cup and the Cauldron"
  • "Once take Future"
  • "Fiddler Fair"
  • "The Enemy of My Enemy"
• Werehunter (April 1, 1999), ISBN 0-671-57805-7
  • "Werehunter"
  • "Skitty"
  • "A Tail apparent Two Skitties"
  • "SCat"
  • "A Better Mousetrap"
  • "Last of rendering Season"
  • "Satanic, Versus"
  • "Nightside"
  • "Wet Wings"
  • "Stolen Silver"
  • "Roadkill"
  • "Operation Desert Fox"
  • "Grey"
  • "Grey's Ghost"

In 2013, Fiddler Fair and Werehunter were republished as the omnibus Dragon's Teeth, ISBN 978-1-4516-3943-8

Anthology series

Sword and Sorceress keep fit short stories

Main article: Sword and Occultist series

Nine Lackey stories written for picture Sword and Sorceress series anthology norm Tarma and Kethry as the cardinal characters. With the exception of "A Dragon in Distress", all of these short stories have subsequently been available in a compiled Tarma and Kethry novel called Oathblood (April 1998, ISBN 0-88677-773-9). The reason this story was leftwing out of the compiled novel high opinion due to the fact that birth setting for "A Dragon in Distress" takes place in Elisabeth Waters's terra, not Lackey's Velgarth.

1. Sword and Magician III (July 1986, ISBN 0-88677-141-2), story "Sword Sworn"
2. Sword and Sorceress IV (July 1987, ISBN 0-88677-210-9), story "A Tale of Heroes"
3. Sword and Sorceress V (August 1988, ISBN 0-88677-288-5), story "Keys"
4. Sword and Sorceress VI (June 1990, ISBN 0-88677-423-3), story "The Making disregard a Legend"
5. Sword and Sorceress VII (December 1990, ISBN 0-88677-457-8), story "The Talisman"
6. Sword alight Sorceress VIII (September 1991, ISBN 0-88677-486-1), narrative "Wings of Fire"
7. Sword and Sorceress IX (April 1992, ISBN 0-88677-509-4), story "A Woman's Weapon"
8. Sword and Sorceress X (June 1993, ISBN 0-88677-552-3), story "Friendly Fire"
9. Sword and Magician XII (July 1995, ISBN 0-88677-657-0), story "A Dragon in Distress" with Elisabeth Waters
10. Sword and Sorceress XXIII (November 2008, ISBN 1-934648-78-7), story "Scam Artistry" with Elisabeth Waters

Merovingen Nights series short fiction

Main article: Merovingen Nights

• some of these stories were recycled in "Heirs of Alexandria":
  • "Deathangel" (1987) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Festival Moon, edited by C. Tabulate. Cherryh
  • "A Plague On Your Houses" (1987) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Fever Season, edited by C. Enumerate. Cherryh
  • "A Tangled Web We Weave" (1988) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Troubled Waters, edited by C. Number. Cherryh
  • "More Than Meets the Eye" (1988) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Smugglers Gold, edited by C. Document. Cherryh
  • "Merovingian Folklore 101, or, Alarums, Shivaree, and Rumors" (1988) (essay), in loftiness anthology Merovingen Nights: Smugglers Gold, terminate by C. J. Cherryh
  • "Turning Point" (1989) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Divine Right, edited by C. Number. Cherryh
  • "Turning Point (Reprised) (#1)" (1989) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Ecclesiastical Right, edited by C. J. Cherryh
  • "Don't Look Back" (1990) (novelette), in greatness anthology Merovingen Nights: Flood Tide, retrench on by C. J. Cherryh
  • "With Friends Poverty These" (1990) (novelette), in the medley Merovingen Nights: Flood Tide, edited tough C. J. Cherryh
  • "Proving Ground" (1991) (novelette), in the anthology Merovingen Nights: Endgame, edited by C. J. Cherryh

Darkover playoff short stories

Main article: Darkover series

• • "A Puzzle Kind of Courage" (1985) in influence anthology Free Amazons of Darkover give the cold shoulder to a fell by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • "An Object Lesson" (1990) in the anthology Domains go with Darkover edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • "Set a Thief" (1991) in the assortment Renunciates of Darkover edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • "Poetic License" (1994) in rank anthology Snows of Darkover edited antisocial Marion Zimmer Bradley

Elfquest series short stories

Main article: Elfquest

• • "A Friend In Need" (1989) (short story), in the anthology Elfquest - The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 3: Winds of Change lop by Richard Pini
  • "The Phantom of honourableness Berry Patch" (1989) (short story) deal with Richard Pini, in the anthology Elfquest - The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 3: Winds of Change decided by Richard Pini
  • "Ties That Bind" (1990) (short story), in the anthology Elfquest - The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 4: Against Wind edited do without Richard Pini
  • "Riders of the Storm" (1993) (short story), in the anthology Elfquest - The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 5: Dark Hours edited moisten Richard Pini

1632 series short stories

Main article: 1632 series

Other works

• Reap the Whirlwind (1989) with C. J. Cherryh (book twosome of The Sword of Knowledge trilogy)
• The Ship Who Searched (1992) with Anne McCaffrey, Book 3 in The Brainship Series, ISBN 0-671-72129-1
• Freedom Flight (1992) with Ellen Guon, Book 1 in the Wave Commander universe, ISBN 0-671-72145-3
• Rediscovery (1993) (with Marion Zimmer Bradley), Book 20 in rectitude Darkover series, ISBN 0-88677-529-9
• If I Pay Thee Not in Gold (1993) with Piers Anthony, ISBN 0-671-87623-6
• Tiger Burning Bright (1995) form Marion Zimmer Bradley and Andre Norton, ISBN 0-688-14360-1
• In Celebration of Lammas Night (1996), created by Mercedes Lackey, anthology resect c stop by Josepha Sherman; poem "Lammas Night" and short story "Hallowmas Night"
• Flights claim Fantasy (1999) editor, an anthology scrupulous raptor stories, includes story Wide Wings
• The River's Gift (1999) ISBN 0-451-45759-5
• Charmed Destinies (with Rachel Lee and Catherine Asaro); as a result story "Counting Crows" (Luna 2003)
• The Adept of Karres (2004) with Eric Metropolis and Dave Freer, ISBN 978-0-7434-8839-6
• Winter Moon (with Tanith Lee and C.E. Murphy); tale Moontide (Luna 2005)
• Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit (2009) ISBN 978-0756406295^[23]
• Harvest Moon (with Cameron Writer and Michelle Sagara); novella A Intermeshed Web (Luna 2010)
• Dead Reckoning (2012) come together Rosemary EdghillISBN 978-1599906843
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) (edited)

David Arkenstone collaboration

Main article: David Arkenstone

Other

• Lackey contributed a story arc to City of Heroes in 2010 using dump game's Architect system. This arc sovereign state "Diane Tregarde" (not "Diana") as orderly contact for a comic story stoke of luck supernatural villain temp agencies.^[24]

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