Mercedes Lackey
Author
Series
Five Hundred Kingdoms volume Bk. 5
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Rosa believes that for every princess there's a prince, stepmothers should never be trusted, and bad things come to those who break with Tradition. When she is pursued by a murderous huntsman and then captured by dwarves, her beliefs go up in smoke. Sometimes a princess has to create her own happy ending...
Author
Series
Enduring flame volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In The Phoenix Endangered, second in The Enduring Flame, Tiercel, a budding High Mage, and Harrier, a reluctant Knight-Mage, develop greater power--and learn of the evils of war when they see the devastation caused by the fanatical armies of the Wild Mage Bisochim. The desert tribespeople led by young Shaiara flee Bisochim's evil, seeking a legendary oasis deep in the desert--a refuge that may hold the key to stopping Bisochim and preserving the Balance...
64) Oathblood
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Vows and honor volume 3
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
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...
65) The oathbound
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Vows and honor volume 1
Pub. Date
1998, 1988
Language
English
Description
Tarma witnessed her clan's murder and, swearing vengeance, became a master warrior. Kethry fled her forced marriage and became an adept-pledging her power to the greatest good. When Kethry obtains a magical sword which draws her to others in need, the two vow to avenge the wrongs done to womanhood.
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Herald spy novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Herald Mags, the King of Valdemar's Herald Spy, has been developing a network of young informants who operate on the streets and also in the halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. His wife Amily is King's Own Herald and finds it useful to be underestimated for there are dark things stirring in the shadows of Haven. Someone has discovered many secrets of the women of the Court and the Collegia and is using those secrets to terrorize and...
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 11
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Reimagines the story of Rapunzel and depicts a young woman who endures an isolated existence and magical lessons from her witch guardian before she is assaulted by an attacker whom she vows to bring to justice.
Giselle had lived the first fourteen years of her life in an abandoned monastery tower. As a young Air Master, she needed to be kept isolated during her potentially tumultuous adolescent years. When a young man appears at the base of her tower,...
Author
Series
Five hundred kingdoms volume 6
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The eldest daughter is often doomed in fairy tales. But Bella vows to escape the usual pitfalls. She dons a red cloak and ventures into the forbidden forest to consult with "Granny," the local wisewoman. On the way home she's attacked by a wolf-- who turns out to be a cursed nobleman! Secluded in his castle, Bella is torn between her family and this strange man who creates marvelous inventions and makes her laugh-- when he isn't howling at the moon....
69) Redoubt
Author
Series
Collegium Chronicles volume Bk. 4
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young Herald trainee in Haven, Mags, is trained as a spy to uncover secrets held by a mysterious new enemy of the kingdom of Valdemar.
70) Oathbreakers
Author
Series
Valdemar universe. Vows and honor volume 2
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Evil had cast its shadow over the kingdom of Rethwellan. When Idra, leader of the Sunhawks mercenaries, failed to return from a journey to her home, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader.
73) Changes
Author
Series
Collegium Chronicles volume Bk. 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Magpie, Lena, and Bear continue on their individual quests as they work to attain the status of full Heralds, Bards, and Healers of Valdemar.
74) Intrigues
Author
Series
Collegium Chronicles volume Bk. 2
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When Mags (Magpie), a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, he is "recognized" by foreign secret operatives whose purpose is unknown, and then comes under suspicion.
75) Invasion
Author
Series
Secret world chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
When world governments are simultaneously attacked by soldiers in giant mecha robotic suits with the swastika symbol of the Third Reich on their metal arms, the metahuman superheroes that worked for so long to protect their governments suddenly seem helpless. If these were Nazis, where had they been hiding since the end of World War II? And where had they gotten armor and weapons far in advance of anything on the planet?
77) The snow queen
Author
Series
Five hundred kingdoms volume 4
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The fourth book in the series A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms features Aleksia, an Ice Fairy. She is not of the soft kind of godmother, but the be careful what you wish for kind.
78) Arrow's fall
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
Talia, Herald to the Queen of Valdemar, travels to a neighboring realm to investigate a prince's proposal to marry the Queen's heir, but discovers an evil plot to destroy Valdemar.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Acting as the "son" her father never had, Gwenhwyfar, when called upon to serve another purpose by the Ladies of the Well, bows to circumstances to become Arthur's queen--only to find herself facing temptation and treachery, intrigue and betrayal, but also love and redemption.