Magic's Price
core novel 1990 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (22,943 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-88677-426-8 |
| First-edition date | 1990-07 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: The Last Herald-Mage core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Awards (verified)
- Lambda Literary Award (Science Fiction/Fantasy), 1990: won; Tied win.
Notes
- Sources split 1990/1991; most bibliographic listings give 1990.
- From the series record (The Last Herald-Mage): Internally set ~600 years before the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy (Valdemar Wiki timeline).
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 The Last Herald-Mage: position 3 of 3: previous Magic's Promise (1990)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site
- Valdemar Wiki (Fandom)
- https://www.isfdb.org
- Lambda Literary
- https://www.sfadb.com/Mercedes_Lackey
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