Mercedes Lackey Books in Order

Dallas detective Mark Valdez calls in witch and novelist Diana Tregarde when ritual murders point to something older and darker than a human killer. To stop it, they must face a blood-soaked power tied to Aztec magic.

After a young Rom asks for help and dies almost at Diana's door, she joins forces with the vampire Andre LeBrel. New York's night streets hold more than one predator, and not all of them are undead.

Down-on-his-luck musician Eric Banyon accidentally frees the elf Korendil with his flute. Suddenly he is caught in a hidden war for California, where music, magic, and faerie politics can get people killed.

Called to Tulsa by an old friend, Diana investigates a golden girl and her clique, who seem magically protected from consequences. Their power is dangerous enough already, and it may wake something ancient under the city.

Good elves have discovered stock-car racing as a practical way to survive in modern America. When runaway kids get caught between them and dark elves who profit from misery, human mage Tannim is pulled into the fight.

Eric's bardic gifts grow just as California faces catastrophe from dream-born horrors and faerie schemes. Saving the coast may mean calling up allies almost as dangerous as the enemy.

A mother searching for the son taken by her ex-husband gets help from an elf mechanic with a fast car and a stubborn streak. The trail leads straight into a radical cult and something worse behind it.

The racing-elf crew becomes entangled in the life of an abused girl whose psychic power could shatter more than a family. Helping her means facing trauma, hidden magic, and danger that reaches across worlds.

Human mage Tannim thinks he has found the right girl, until he learns her father is a dragon and she is not human at all. Fast cars, romance, and unstable magic shove him into trouble from every side.

Adam thinks he is an ordinary teenager, but he was born an elven prince and hidden in the human world to save his life. When the past starts hunting him, he has to learn who he really is.

This omnibus pairs Born to Run and Chrome Circle, following Tannim and the car-racing elves through two early SERRAted Edge adventures. It is a strong entry point to the series' mix of street magic, danger, and speed.

Eric moves to New York hoping for a quieter life, only to land in a Guardian safe house and a plot involving psychic drugs. Dark elves and human researchers alike want to turn suffering into power.

Eric is settling into Juilliard life when an old enemy returns with patience, science, and malice on his side. To stop the next strike, Eric has to juggle family, apprentices, and another brush with disaster.

Eric discovers he has a younger brother, Magnus, a runaway now marked by the urban nightmare called Bloody Mary. Saving him means racing through New York before a story children whisper becomes a real killer.

In an alternate Tudor England, rival Sidhe factions see very different futures for the realm. Young Elizabeth Tudor becomes the prize in a hidden war between court politics and dangerous magic.

This anthology opens the Bedlam's Bard world wider through stories by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill, and others. Elves, Guardians, and ordinary people collide in short tales where hidden magic brushes against everyday life.

Elizabeth is older, but no safer, as the dark Sidhe renew their effort to keep her from the throne. Court intrigue and hidden magic tighten around her childhood world.

Eric tries to win custody of Magnus, but their parents are tied to an evangelist serving the dark elves. If Magnus and his friend Ace are caught, obedience will cost them everything that makes them themselves.

With Henry VIII gone and Edward VI on the throne, Elizabeth faces a new kind of danger. If her enemies can stain her name, they may not need magic to destroy her future.

As Edward VI dies and Mary rises, Elizabeth's position turns deadly. Human schemers and dark elves alike are determined to make sure she never rules England.

This omnibus follows Eric Banyon through a pair of New York adventures where bardic magic, dark elves, and dangerous experiments keep turning ordinary life strange. It is a handy way to continue the series as the world gets bigger.

Young Diana Tregarde arrives at Harvard with talent, nerve, and more magical trouble than campus expects. These early adventures show her learning the hard parts of being a Guardian before the main novels begin.

Teenage Staci is dumped in the decaying Maine town of Silence to live with her alcoholic mother. The place feels cut off for a reason, and the darkness under it has been feeding on people for a very long time.

Depressed and isolated, Olivia follows charming Blake to an old Adirondack resort where something ancient waits under the lake. The real danger is not just the boy, but what the water wants from her.

Silence is starting to recover, but Staci now knows evil rarely leaves cleanly. As new elves arrive and fresh monsters surface, she and her friends have to defend the town's fragile future.