Mad Maudlin
core novel 2003 Elves on the Road
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (1,974 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780743471435 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Eric Banyon, known as Bedlam's Bard, is about to graduate from Juilliard and start a professional life. With the help of a psychiatrist who works with magicians, he is coming to terms with his past. A sudden trip home to Boston to see his parents brings more trouble than he expects. Meanwhile his apprentice Hosea finds a second problem in New York, where homeless children in the shelters have invented a demon called Bloody Mary who preys on the young. The demon has taken on a life of her own, is hunting through the city, and is also after Eric.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elves on the Road
- Series: Bedlam's Bard core; position 6 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
- Author: Rosemary Edghill
Notes
- 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 6 of 7: previous Spirits White as Lightning (2001) · next Music to My Sorrow (2005)
- Internal chronology, within Elves on the Road: position 18 of 24: previous Elvendude (1994) · next Spiritride (1997)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site: Bedlam's Bard
- Author Wars (ISFDB-style publication listing); ISBN-10 0743471431 converted
- Mercedes Lackey official site (Mad Maudlin)
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