Mercedes Lackey -- Recent and Upcoming Books

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The Black Swan
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Expected May 2000
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Mercedes Lackey takes readers back to the ballet with her latest fairy tale fantasy, The Black Swan, which retells the story of Swan Lake. Lackey preserves much of the ballet's action but provides a happier ending than the original German folktale had. She also gives the characters depth and motivation by providing them with histories.

Brightly Burning
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Expected May 2000
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Elvenblood (Norton, Andre. Halfblood Chronicles, Bk. 2.)
Andre Norton , et al / Mass Market Paperback / Expected April 1996
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"Norton and Lackey combine their talents well in this high fantasy featuring an enterprising heroine and her dragon companion against a background of magic, treachery, and high emotion."--Library Journal. HC: Tor.

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The Otherworld
Mercedes Lackey, et al / Mass Market Paperback / Published February 2000
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Flights of Fantasy
Mercedes Lackey(Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1999
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Owlknight (Daw Book Collectors, No. 1131)
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Hardcover / Published October 1999
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Brand new from Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon, "an unbeatable team in fantastic magic and adventure" (Kliatt)--the third and final book in the Darian's Tale trilogy, a powerful saga charged with war and magic, life and love.

Owlsight (Daw Book Collectors, No. 1099)
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1999
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It has been four years since Darian saw his village sacked and burned by barbarians. Taking refuge with the Hawkbrothers, he soon finds his life's calling--as a Healing Adept. But even as he learns the mystical ways of this ancient race, Darian cannot escape the dangers threatening his future. Another tribe of barbarians is approaching. The time has come...to stand up and fight.

Sacred Ground
Mercedes Lackey / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Native American myth and magic blend with fantasy novel by the author of Winds of Change. Private investigator Jennifer Talldeer, grandaughter of a powerful Medicine Man--and a shaman-in-training herself--finds she is in deep trouble when a routine insurance investigation turns into much more.

The Chrome Borne
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1999
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Owlflight
Mercedes Lackey / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Though apprenticed to a legendary wizard, the young orphan Darian remains difficult and strong-willed. But a sudden twist of fate changes his life forever. The sacking of his village forces him to flee into the great forest, where the mysterious Hawk People lead him on the path to maturity.

The Rivers Gift
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Published October 1999
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New fantasy, with few and tiny pages, from the author of The Black Swan (p. 496), etc. Beautiful 15-year-old Ariella of Swan Manor likes to don workaday clothes, run off into the forest, and use her magic gifts to heal sick and injured animals. One day a magical Kelpie named Merod rises from the river; from his foot Ariella withdraws the iron nail that's poisoning him, and the two become friends. Soon, Ariella is healing outlandish Faerie creatures as well as animals and the local serfs. Then her beloved father Lord Kaelin drops dead. Females can't inherit, so Kaelin arranged for a cousin, Lor...

The Black Swan
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Published May 1999
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Mercedes Lackey takes readers back to the ballet with her latest fairy tale fantasy, The Black Swan, which retells the story of Swan Lake. Lackey preserves much of the ballet's action but provides a happier ending than the original German folktale had. She also gives the characters depth and motivation by providing them with histories.

Werehunter
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published May 1999
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The companion volume to "Fiddler Fair", this novel invites readers to lope through the night with a woman transformed into a leopard and pursued by a hunter who is more than human; to attend a gathering of romance writers that has a very unusual vampire in its midst; return to the world of Heralds of Valdemar; and join in more unforgettable adventures from a spellbinding master of fantasy and science fiction.

Four & Twenty Blackbirds (Lackey, Mercedes. Bardic Voices, Bk. 4.)
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1998
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A magical maniac is loose in Alanda. The victims are always women, always lower-class, and the weapon is always a three-sided stiletto, most often found among Church regalia. But the killers are never churchmen, and they always commit suicide immediately after the bloody deed. Constable Tal Rufen really cares about his job, and when one of these murder/suicides happens on his beat he becomes obsessed with the case.

Owlflight
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon (Illustrator) / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1998
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Apprenticed to a venerable wizard when his hunter and trapper parents disappear into the forest never to be seen again, Darian is strong-willed and difficult--much to the dismay of his kindly master. But a sudden twist of fate will change his life forever, when the ransacking of his village forces him to flee into the great mystical forest. It is here in the dark forest that he meets his destiny, as the terrifying and mysterious Hawkpeople lead him on the path to maturity. Now they must lead the assault on his besieged home in a desperate attempt to save his people from certain death!.

Owlsight (Daw Book Collectors, No. 1099)
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Hardcover / Published October 1998
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A coming-of-age tale set in the bestselling world of Valdemar. After living in the temporary encampment of the Tayledra "Hawkpeople" for nearly four years--and acting as liaison between them and the survivors of his own ravaged village--Darian returns home to finish his magician apprenticeship.

Oathblood (Daw Book Collectors, No. 1082)
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published April 1998
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This exciting new anthology includes a new novella featuring Mercedes Lackey's most popular heroines, Tarma (one of the sword-sworn and most feared of all warriors) and Kethry (who wields magic and weapons for the greater good), whose fates are suddenly bound together in blood by the powers that control their destinies. Also included in the unique volume is the complete collection of Lackey's short stories about these two brave sisters as they answer the call of their destinies with sword and sorcery!.

Fiddler Fair
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published April 1998
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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 for the multitudes of Lackey fans everywhere--and for new readers, a powerful introduction to the most significant new fantasy writer of the decade.

Bedlam's Bard
Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1998
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Eric Banyon is a talented musician whose lady has left him singing the blues in a deserted corner of the Renaissance Faire. He couldn't have known that the desperate sadness of his music would free Korendil, a young elven noble, from the magical prison he has been languishing in for centuries. Suddenly, Eric has no time to be sad, as he has to help Korendil fight against the evil elf lord who first imprisoned Korendil and now seeks to conquer all of California--and that is only the beginning. .

Four & Twenty Blackbirds (Bardic Voices/Mercedes Lackey, Bk 4)
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Published December 1997
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A magical murderer is loose in Alanda. The victims are always women and the weapon is always a three-sided stiletto, most often found in Church regalia. But the killers are never churchmen, and they always commit suicide immediately after the bloody deed. Tal Rufen is just a simple constable, but his every instinct cries out that he has seen only one small piece of a bigger and even nastier puzzle.

The Eagle and the Nightingales (Bardic Voices/Mercedes Lackey, Bk 3)
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published December 1997
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Disturbed by the growing presence of the Church throughout Alanda, Nightingale fears for her non-human friends and joins forces with birdman T'fyrr in a quest to save the High King. Reprint. AB.

Storm Breaking (Mage Storms, No 3)
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1997
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The destruction of the ancient magical source of the mage storms by the combined forces of Valdemar and Karse has alleviated great peril to all the kingdoms of the West. But its annihilation is not without a heavy price, for it has permanently altered the laws of magic throughout the land. Can the kingdoms of the West gather their forces to learn a new system of magic in time to counter a devastating assault from the Eastern Empire--the most powerful enemy they have ever faced?.

Owlflight
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Hardcover / Published October 1997
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Though apprenticed to a legendary wizard, the young orphan Darian remains difficult and strong-willed. But a sudden twist of fate changes his life forever. The sacking of his village forces him to flee into the great forest, where the mysterious Hawk People lead him on the path to maturity.

Firebird
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published September 1997
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Mercedes Lackey never puts a foot wrong in this confident, funny fairy-tale adaptation. Tsar Ivan has eight sons; all are brutes like himself except for happy-go-lucky, least-favored Ilya. Cast out through the machinations of his jealous, competitive brothers, Ilya stumbles onto an enchanted castle, distressed damsels, a garden of questing princes turned to stone, and the secret of the shapeshifting woman called the Firebird. In love with a captive princess, Ilya enlists the Firebird and a charming, crafty vixen to help him battle the sorcerer. But is settling down with a princess what h...

The Free Bards
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon / Paperback / Published May 1997
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The first unitary publication of works previously published in parts as The Lark and the Wren, The Robin and the Kestrel, and The Eagle and the Nightingales, The Free Bards features an unlikely covey of heroes with the daunting task of saving a king. "A fast-paced fantasy well laced with romance."--The Bookwatch.

Winds of Fate
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published April 1997
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Lackey, who has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen in 1987, scores another hit with the paperback release of the first book in an exciting new series. High magic had been lost to Valdemar when he gave his life to save his kingdom from destruction by the dark sorceries. Now it falls to Elspeth Herald, heir to the throne, to take up the challenge and seek a mentor who will awaken her mage abilities. HC: Daw.

The Silver Gryphon
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon (Contributor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1997
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A dozen years of peace have passed in the city of White Gryphon, and the residents have trained a new elite guard force--the Silver Gryphons. Blade and Tad, the offspring of Skandranon the Black Gryphon and Amberdrake the Healer, have completed training and accepted their first assignment--one that will take them to a dark tropical rain forest to face a nameless terror which even their fathers could never have envisioned.

Sword of Ice : And Other Tales of Valdemar
Mercedes Lackey(Editor), John Yezeguielian / Mass Market Paperback / Published January 1997
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Filled with magic, intrigue, romance and adventure, Mercedes Lackey's world of Valdemar is one of the most popular domains in fantasy literature. Home to the Heralds and thier mysterious horselike Companions, the magical Tayledras Hawk-people, and of course, the powerful gryphons, Valdemar has garnered a devoted global following. Now these 17 new tales by fantasy's greatest authors are sure to add their own chapter to the history of this enchanting land.

Firebird
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Published December 1996
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A young nobleman glimpses the legendary Firebird as it steals cherries from his father's orchards, and he journeys through a fantastical version of Old Russia to find the Firebird and fall in love.

The Fire Rose
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1996
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In 1905, Medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is left destitute when her father dies, forcing her to accept the offer that has mysteriously come her way of becoming a governess in San Francisco. But she arrives to find a house without children, a wife, or even an employer--only a terrible secret.

Storm Breaking; The Mage Storms, Book 3
Mercedes Lackey / Hardcover / Published October 1996
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In the conclusion of the Mage Storms trilogy, the Western lands try to devise a new system of magic in place of the ancient forces that once threatened them in order to fend off an assault by the Eastern Empire. Original.

Storm Rising
Mercedes Lackey / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1996
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The sequel to Storm Warning follows the efforts of the kingdoms of Valdemar and Karse--ancient enemies held together in an uneasy alliance--to find the source of the mysterious mage storms before they destroy the world. Reprint.

Tiger Burning Bright
Marion Zimmer Bradley, et al / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1996
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As an emperor's army conquers their kingdom, the ruling house's three most powerful women save their citizens by abdicating. Little does their adversary know that all three have established other identities for themselves and go into hiding--in order to fight him from behind the scenes. HC: William Morrow.

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