Home from the Sea
core novel 2012 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (4,918 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 311 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756407711 |
| Internal chronology | 8 |
Synopsis
Home from the Sea moves the Elemental Masters series to the coast of Ireland, where selkie lore and the traditions of the sea intersect with the series' established system of Elemental magic. A young Elemental Master investigating disturbances along the shoreline becomes entangled with a family carrying selkie blood and the supernatural obligations that come with it, as old sea-magic customs collide with more recent Elemental practice. The story draws on Celtic folklore surrounding seal-folk who can shed their skins to walk on land, weaving it into the series' broader magical framework of practitioners bound to Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, while introducing new coastal traditions and characters to a series that had, until this point, largely stayed within England.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 8 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 8 of 21: previous Unnatural Issue (2011) · next Elemental Magic (2012)
Sources
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