This is a list of books by Mercedes Lackey, arranged by collection. Is missing from the Oathblood collection due to the setting in Elisabeth Waters's world, not Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar. The contents of Oathblood. When reading the series in chronological order, Music to My Sorrow follows directly from Mad Maudlin.
# Read Title Published Details 1 Valdemar Companion 1990 2 Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar 1997 3 Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar 2003 4 Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar 2005 5 Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar 2008 6 Changing the World 2009 7 Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar 2010 8 Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar 2011 9 The One Left Behind (Short Story) 2014 10 Tempest 2016 11 Pathways 2017 12 Choices 2018 Order of Mercedes Lackey Short Story Collections. 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? Mercedes Lackey doesn't seem to have an upcoming book.
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Their newest book is Choices and was released on December, 11th 2018. It is the newest book in the Valdemar Short Story Collections Series. » » Mercedes Lackey BookSeries.org.
About the author Mercedes Lackey graduated from Purdue University in 1972, after which she worked as an artist's model then a computer programmer. Lackey began writing out of boredom, which quickly turned into necessity. She considers her job to be primarily that of a story-teller. She has written over 100 novels in a career spanning over two decades. Lackey has collaborated on many fantasy series with authors such as Roberta Gellis and Rosemary Edghill. She has also written many short story and novella collections.
Her novels and stories that focus on the Valdemar universe are some of her most beloved. Lackey also writes lyrics and recorded music for Firebird Arts and Music, a small recording company that specializes in science fiction folk music. She has done about 50 songs for them.