Blood Red
core novel 2014 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (3,883 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 312 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756408978 |
| Internal chronology | 12 |
Synopsis
A reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, Blood Red follows Rosamund, an Earth Master living in the Schwarzwald, the Black Forest of Germany, who specializes in hunting dangerous magical creatures that threaten local communities. When mysterious murders begin occurring across the border in Transylvania, Rosamund is asked to travel there and investigate, a task that forces her to confront her own deep-seated prejudices against werewolves when she is compelled to work alongside a hereditary werewolf to find the true culprit. As the investigation unfolds, Rosamund must set aside her assumptions and learn to trust an ally she would once have hunted on sight, while tracking a threat whose true nature proves more complicated than either of them first suspects.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 12 of 21 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- From the series record (The Elemental Masters): Loosely connected fairy-tale retellings unified by a shared elemental-magic system rather than a continuous cast.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Elemental Masters: position 12 of 21: previous Elementary (2013) · next From a High Tower (2015)
Sources
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