Bedlam Boyz
core novel 1993 Elves on the Road
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (1,502 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671721770 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
A prequel to Bedlam's Bard, written by Ellen Guon alone. Kayla is a young woman with a latent talent for healing who lives in a city dominated by rival street gangs. When a friend is shot, she heals him, and then heals the gang member who shot him. Word of her gift spreads quickly, and the gangs begin to look for ways to use it for their own ends.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elves on the Road
- Series: Bedlam's Bard core; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ellen Guon
Notes
- Written by Ellen Guon alone; set before the events of Knight of Ghosts and Shadows.
- From the series record (Bedlam's Bard): Urban-fantasy novels in which the musician Eric Banyon becomes entangled with hidden elven courts, first in California and later in New York.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Bedlam's Bard: position 3 of 7: previous Summoned to Tourney (1992) · next Beyond World's End (2001)
- Internal chronology, within Elves on the Road: position 10 of 24: previous Jinx High (1991) · next When the Bough Breaks (1993)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site: Bedlam's Bard
- Author Wars (ISFDB-style publication listing)
- Mercedes Lackey official site (Bedlam Boyz)
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