Series
Last Herald-Mage
Mercedes Lackey · 3 novels · 1 short story · 1989–1990
Last Herald-Mage follows Vanyel Ashkevron, a reluctant young mage in the kingdom of Valdemar who grows into one of its most powerful Heralds. Told across Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, and Magic's Price, it was notable on publication as a mainstream high-fantasy trilogy built around a gay protagonist. It's part of Mercedes Lackey's wider Valdemar sequence and remains one of its most acclaimed entries.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Last Herald-Mage at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s2
Shape
3 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:epic fantasywizardssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedemotionaladult
Mood
Grim and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Magic's Pricedarkest · calmest
- Magic's Pawnbrightest · most intense