Elemental Magic
core novel 2012 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (1,476 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 306 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756407872 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Elemental Magic is an anthology of original short stories, edited by Mercedes Lackey, set within the Elemental Masters world she created for her novel series. Contributing authors write new tales exploring the setting's fantasy version of turn-of-the-century London and its surrounding regions, where practitioners known as Elemental Masters command the powers of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, often working loose variations on classic fairy tales as the novels do. The collection expands the universe beyond Lackey's own novels, letting other writers explore side characters, minor locations, and untold incidents within the same magical framework, offering readers additional perspectives on the setting's rules and history without requiring familiarity with any single novel in the main sequence.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 9 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 9 of 21: previous Home from the Sea (2012) · next Steadfast (2013)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312370/elemental-magic-by-mercedes-lackey/
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