Explore the Literary Universes of Mercedes Lackey
Misty’s novels and series often take place within the same universe. Find every book within your favorite universe here!
Valdemar
Stories within the fantasy realm of Valdemar, which cover roughly 3,000 years of history, all told. Written mostly in the form of trilogies that focus on a particular character, although there are a handful of independent novels as well. The majority of the series revolves around the Kingdom of Valdemar and its protectors, the Heralds of Valdemar.
Elves on the Road
A tapestry of modern life and mythical wonder, blending gritty realism and magical escapism. From the streets of contemporary cities to the courts of Elizabethan England, this sprawling franchise invites you to explore a universe where the supernatural lurks just out of sight. Each sub-series offers a unique flavor: Diana Tregarde’s occult detective vibe, Bedlam’s Bard’s musical magic, SERRAted Edge’s gritty car culture, and Doubled Edge’s historical depth.
The Free Bards
The adventures of the Free Bards, a group of musicians who work to help each other and make music. Their main rivals are the Bardic Guild, who have strict rules and are more concerned with their own individual power and wealth than anything else. Includes the four Bardic Voices books, and one Bardic Choices.
The Obsidian Universe
An Epic High Fantasy series coauthored by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, the trilogies within this universe tell the story of a war between a coalition of races and evil Demons known as the Endarkened.
Secret World Chronicles
A series of super-hero novels, plus a collection of short stories, that begins with the invasion of the world by a power from the past. A medic, a Communist, and a thief; an angel, a magician and a fugitive. They have to save the world. But first, they have to save each other.
Elemental Masters
The novels in the Elemental Masters series, by Mercedes Lackey, are a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, with a big scoop of fairy tales stirred in. Most of them are set in the late 1800s-early 1900s.
The Five Hundred Kingdoms
A series of fantasy books with shades of romance. The books are set in a realm (the Five Hundred Kingdoms) which operates according to the laws of a Background Magic Field known as the Tradition. When circumstances begin to resemble a plotline from a fairy tale, fable, fireside tale, morality play, or even a bawdy bar song, the Tradition tries to make that narrative play out… no matter how it ends or how the participants might feel about that.
Heirs of Alexandria
A series of novels by writers Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, and David Freer. They are Historical Fantasy novels set in an alternate Venice in the 1530s. The point of divergence from our history (other than the addition of Functional Magic), was Hypatia being converted to Christianity and stopping the mob from destroying the Library of Alexandria, eventually splitting the Church into the Petrines, under her own and St. Peter’s doctrine, and the Paulines, under St. Augustine and Paul’s doctrine.
Dragon Jousters
A four-book series by Mercedes Lackey that could be described as “Ancient Egypt with Dragons”. The countries Tia and Alta (Fantasy Counterpart Cultures for Upper and Lower Egypt, respectively) have been at war for centuries. The elite soldiers on both sides are the Jousters; men who ride trained dragons into battle.
Shadow Grail
In this young adult fantasy series, losing her family is only the start of Spirit White's problems. Wracked by grief after the accident that killed her family, Spirit is spirited away to Oakhurst Academy. But Oakhurst isn’t an ordinary school and orphanage: all the students have magical powers. Spirit’s power hasn’t manifested itself yet, but the administrators insist she has one. But that isn’t all: the school has some sinister secrets, and if she doesn’t solve its mysteries, she won’t survive until graduation.
Halfblood Chronicles
The Halfblood Chronicles, sometimes called the Elvenbane Trilogy, is a series of Fantasy novels by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton. They take place on a world in which humans are slaves to the cruel and sadistic elven race, and a race of shapeshifting dragons watch warily from the remote deserts.
Hunter
In a post-apocalyptic world, wracked by environmental disruption and harried by creatures of myth and legend, monster-killing Hunters and their magic Hounds protect the survivors huddled in their walled cities.