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Elemental Masters Books in Order

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Explore the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey with the books in reading order and short summaries to help you choose a starting point.

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Elemental Masters books in publication order

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23 books

1

The Fire Rose

by Mercedes Lackey

1995

Scholar Rosalind Hawkins accepts a governess position with a mysterious employer who has no children. Asked to translate old manuscripts without meeting him, she unknowingly assists his search for a cure to a disastrous magical spell.

2

The Serpent's Shadow

by Mercedes Lackey

2001

Physician Maya Witherspoon flees India for Edwardian London after her parents' deaths suggest a magical threat. Her untrained powers may offer protection, but exile cannot keep her safe from the force that pursued her family.

3

The Gates of Sleep

by Mercedes Lackey

2002

Raised by artists and Elemental Masters in rural Cornwall, Marina knows little about her family's secrets. Her parents' sudden deaths bring a sinister aunt into her life, forcing her to uncover why she has been hidden for years.

4

Phoenix and Ashes

by Mercedes Lackey

2004

Eleanor's stepmother binds her into magical servitude after her father's death in the Great War. A traumatized pilot who has lost his elemental powers offers an unexpected connection as both struggle against the forces that shattered their lives.

5

Grey's Ghost

by Mercedes Lackey

2005

Nan and Sarah attend a séance and discover that the apparent medium is not the person able to communicate with ghosts. This excerpt from The Wizard of London follows their encounter with powers hidden beneath the performance.

6

The Wizard of London

by Mercedes Lackey

2005

Sarah's arrival at a London school for unusual magical talents reveals her ability to communicate with the dead. When a powerful Elemental Master targets her, headmistress Isabelle must seek help from the man who once broke her heart.

7

Reserved for the Cat

by Mercedes Lackey

2007

Dismissed from the Paris ballet, Ninette accepts a talking cat's plan to impersonate a Russian dancer in Blackpool. Her new opportunity conceals elemental magic and a dark spirit determined to destroy the woman whose identity she borrowed.

8

Unnatural Issue

by Mercedes Lackey

2011

Earth magician Susanne Whitestone grows up apart from her reclusive father, learning from a forest fae. His obsession with resurrecting her dead mother becomes dangerous when he decides Susanne's body could serve as a vessel.

9

Elemental Magic

by Mercedes Lackey

2012

This anthology invites other writers into Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters world, where fairy-tale influences meet historical settings. The stories explore lives shaped by magical command of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth in an alternate past.

10

Home from the Sea

by Mercedes Lackey

2012

On her eighteenth birthday, Mari Prothero learns that her Welsh fishing family owes an ancient debt to seal shapeshifters. Her emerging Water magic and unexpected protectors may help her bargain against the covenant's dangerous demands.

11

Elementary

by Mercedes Lackey

2013

Multiple authors contribute stories set in the Elemental Masters universe, where historical lives intersect with control over Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Fairy-tale influences and supernatural encounters shape this second anthology edited by Mercedes Lackey.

12

Steadfast

by Mercedes Lackey

2013

Escaping an abusive husband, circus performer Katie finds work at a Brighton music hall staffed by genuine magicians. Her blocked Fire magic threatens to erupt dangerously, and her new allies must help her master it.

13

Blood Red

by Mercedes Lackey

2014

Earth magician and monster hunter Rosamund investigates murders in Transylvania with two Hungarian magicians. One is a hereditary werewolf, forcing her to question the distrust shaped by the werewolf attack that killed her first teacher.

14

From a High Tower

by Mercedes Lackey

2015

Air magician Giselle leaves her sheltered tower life and supports herself through marksmanship, disguising herself to enter contests. Yet the man who once attacked her may still be alive, threatening the independence she has worked to build.

15

A Study in Sable

by Mercedes Lackey

2016

Nan and Sarah assist the magically gifted Watsons with supernatural cases in London. When an opera singer asks Sarah for help against spirits, the investigation separates the longtime friends and reveals a threat far greater than it first appears.

16

A Scandal in Battersea

by Mercedes Lackey

2017

Nan, Sarah, and the Watsons prepare for Christmas as women disappear and return mentally shattered. When the abductions spread to prominent families, their investigation points toward ancient forces whose seasonal awakening threatens London far beyond ordinary crime.

17

The Bartered Brides

by Mercedes Lackey

2018

Headless bodies of newly married women appear in London's waterways, drawing Nan, Sarah, and the Watsons into an investigation. A family's fear for its daughter leads them toward dangerous magic and criminals connected to Moriarty's surviving network.

18

The Case of the Spellbound Child

by Mercedes Lackey

2019

Nan, Sarah, and the Watsons travel to Dartmoor to investigate rumors of harmful magic. A desperate father's missing children give them a second reason to search the moors, where vanished footprints suggest more than an ordinary disappearance.

19

Jolene

by Mercedes Lackey

2020

Anna May discovers elemental magic while living with her aunt in Tennessee mining country. Lessons from the mysterious Jolene strengthen her abilities, but a mine foreman's interest threatens the new life and relationships she wants to protect.

20

Touring Germany with Buffalo Bill's show, Annie Oakley discovers that her marksmanship is linked to elemental magic. Learning to use her abilities becomes essential when supernatural creatures threaten the performers and local people along their route.

21

Miss Amelia's List

by Mercedes Lackey

2024

Arriving in Regency Devon, Amelia Stonehold plans to buy a home and perhaps find a husband. A fortune-hunting captain’s schemes involve an ancient danger, but Amelia and her companion possess elemental powers he has underestimated.

22

The Cyprian

by Mercedes Lackey

2025

Elena Whitstone and her seven brothers secretly see fairies while living under restrictive rules. When a new stepmother removes their trusted companions and threatens the boys, Elena must uncover her own inherited abilities to protect them.

23
Coming Soon

A Wind Turned Dark with Burning

by Mercedes Lackey

2027

Two stepsisters secretly trained in elemental magic conceal their beauty and protect Cinderella from their mother’s cruelty. Suspecting her involvement in several deaths, they seek justice while navigating society and confronting her increasingly dangerous power.

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