The Heralds of Valdemar are the kingdom’s ancient order of protectors. They are drawn from all across the land, from all walks of life, and at all ages—and all are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They a...

In this second installment of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, the children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm. Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and hi...

With Elspeth, the heir to the throne of Valdemar, come of marriageable age, Talia, the Queen's Own Herald returns to court to find Queen and heir beset by diplomatic intrigue as various forces vie for control of Elspeth's future. But...

A former captain in the Army of Karse, Herald Alberich must protect King Sendar's daughter, Selenay, the new queen of Valdemar, from the devious members of the Valdemaran Council who unleash a campaign to strip her of her power. Repri...

Skif, a young orphan living with a miserly uncle, is taken in by a gang of pickpockets led by Bazie, a crippled man who cared for a crew of lost boys, and becomes a master of the thieves' trade, until he is chosen by one of Valdemar's...

With the realm at risk, Elspeth, herald and heir to the throne, abandons her home to find a mentor who can awaken her untrained mage abilities. Reprint.

The threat of war from the powerful Eastern Empire has forced the kingdom of Valdemar into an uneasy coalition with its ancient enemy, the neighboring kingdom of Karse. But as mysterious mage storms threaten all the kingdoms of the We...

Magpie is a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, Haven, to be trained as a Herald. Like all Heralds, Magpie learns that he has a hidden Gift-the Gift of tele...

Mags was once an enslaved orphan living a harsh life in the mines, until the King's Own Herald discovered his talent and trained him as a spy. Now a Herald in his own right, at the newly established Heralds' Collegium, Mags has found ...

The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy—three groundbreaking, Lambda Award-winning novels that established Mercedes Lackey as a fantasy tour-de-force and her Kingdom of Valdemar as a place millions of readers return to again and again. This L...

A village's wizard leaves on a quest, leaving Keisha, a young woman with the gift of healing but very little training, to take over for him. When he returns with a warning of imminent danger, Keisha finds herself at the center of the ...

Princess Elspeth journeys to the Vale of the Tayledras Clan to seek Mage training among the powerful Hawkbrother Adepts, only to find that she and renegade adept Darkwind must confront the malevolent magic of Ancar of Hardorn. Reprint.

This stand-alone novel in the best-selling Valdemar series tells the story of Alberich... When Alberich took a stand for what he believed in-and defected-he was chosen by one of the magical Companion horses...to serve the queen of Va...

Using magical gifts inherited from her Indian mother, Maya Witherspoon, a half-Brahmin woman (her father was English), sets up a medical practice in London. Meanwhile, her aunt--who practices the dark arts of Kali worship and objected...

When the ransacking of his village forces him to flee into the mystical forest of Pelagris, Darian, the protege of Wizard Justyn, joins the terrifying and mysterious Hawkpeople to lead a desperate assault on his besieged home. Reprint.

A young man, discovering this his anger can spontaneously start fires, grows up to become Laven Firestorm, one of the legendary Heralds of Valdemar, in this stand-alone novel set immediately after the author's Last Herald-Mage series.

In the tradition of her acclaimed fairy-tale-inspired novel, The Serpent's Shadow, best-selling author Mercedes Lackey re-imagines Sleeping Beauty-as a dark and enchanting Edwardian fantasy. Marina is the cherished daughter of the we...

Upon the death of her father, Eleanor Robinson falls victim to her stepmother, a cruel Elemental Master of Earth, who makes her a virtual slave, until Reginald Fenyx, who was once a heroic pilot, returns home, and together these two l...

Running the gamut from her beloved Bardic fantasies to urban fantasy set in the modern world; from science fiction adventure to chilling horror, this is a volume that demonstrates the wide range of this author's talent. It is a feast ...

In the fourth and final novel of Mercedes Lackey's Dragon Jousters series, Kiron, the man who had once been a dragon-boy called Vetch, has united the dragon riders and managed to rid their world of both war and magical domination. But...

While enjoying a visit with an old friend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Diana Tregarde discovers that a malevolent combination of sex and blood magic is behind relatively normal teenage jealousies and infatuations at the local high school, one ...

The eldest daughter is often doomed in fairy tales. But Bella—Isabella Beauchamps, daughter of a wealthy merchant—vows to escape the usual pitfalls.Anxious to avoid the Traditional path, Bella dons a red cloak and ventures into th...

Heavy is the head—and the eyelids—of the princess who wears the crown…In Rosamund's realm, happiness hinges on a few simple beliefs:For every princess there's a prince.The king has ultimate power.Stepmothers should never be trus...

With more than one twist in the telling, centering on a magic-plagued journey across a blistering desert, The Phoenix Transformed is the stunning conclusion to Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory's Enduring Flame Trilogy.

In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include mo...

Eric Banyon has more to worry about than passing his courses at Julliard. The evil elf lord Aerune, whose love was killed by mortal men, is determined to destroy the human race. Eric's only hope of stopping Aerune is to trap him insid...

A new epic fantasy saga from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and James MalloryShe is the unwanted spawn of a mad king and queen, her lands lost before her birth; her family—her very name—erased fro...

A massive collection of wonderous science fiction and fantasy stories from New York Times best-selling Mercedes Lackey.  Includes Fiddler Fair and Werehunter for the first time in one volume.A massive collection of wonderous science ...

Three classic stories of timeless love and tantalizing fantasy…Counting Crows by New York Times bestselling author Mercedes LackeyIn Lady Gwynnhwyfar's dark, lonely court, her only ally was noble Sir Atremus, a warrior willing to fi...

In this new series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, Heralds Mags and Amily must continue to protect the realm of Valdemar while raising their children and preparing them to follow in their footsteps.Mags, Herald Spy of Valde...