Changes
core novel 2011 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (8,561 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 326 |
| First-edition ISBN | 978-0-7564-0692-9 |
| First-edition date | 2011-10 |
Synopsis
Changes is the third book of the Collegium Chronicles, following Mags as he investigates crimes and conspiracies threatening the Collegium. His espionage training under Nikolas, the King's Own Herald, deepens as the two go undercover together, with Mags disguised as a deaf jeweler while Nikolas poses as a trader called the Weasel. Their assignment is to gather intelligence on a group of adversaries who can somehow conceal themselves from normal detection, and the pair gradually realize that an unknown enemy may be planning a significant strike against Valdemar. Alongside this espionage plot, the book follows Mags's fellow trainees through romantic developments and family troubles back at the Collegium, giving a fuller picture of daily student life even as the undercover investigation grows more urgent and its stakes become clearer.
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: Collegium Chronicles core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
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 Collegium Chronicles: position 3 of 5: previous Intrigues (2010) · next Redoubt (2012)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site
- Valdemar Wiki (Fandom)
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://valdemar.fandom.com/wiki/Changes
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