Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
core novel 1990 Elves on the Road
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (3,370 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671698850 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Eric Banyon is a young musician who plays the blues on his flute for a living. One day the heavy sadness of his playing frees Korendil, an elven noble who has been held in a magical prison for centuries. Eric at first doubts that his music had anything to do with it, but he is soon drawn into Korendil's world. He must help the freed elf stand against the evil elf lord who imprisoned him and who now means to take over California.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elves on the Road
- Series: Bedlam's Bard core; position 1 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
- Author: Ellen Guon
Notes
- Also published, together with Summoned to Tourney, in the 1991 omnibus Bedlam's Bard.
- 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 1 of 7: next Summoned to Tourney (1992)
- Internal chronology, within Elves on the Road: position 2 of 24: previous Burning Water (1989) · next Born to Run (1992)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site: Bedlam's Bard
- Author Wars (ISFDB-style publication listing)
- Mercedes Lackey official site (Bedlam's Bard)
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