Magic's Promise
core novel 1990 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (22,512 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 320 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-88677-401-2 |
| First-edition date | 1990-01 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: The Last Herald-Mage core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- ISFDB discrepancy (manual pass, 2026-08-10): ISFDB's own title record lists 1989-01 as the date field, but its only linked publication record is dated 1990-01. This book's recorded first-edition date (1990-01) uses the publication-backed date, not the title record's date, per this project's standing practice of recording a discrepancy explicitly rather than silently picking one figure without saying why.
- 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 2 of 3: previous Magic's Pawn (1989) · next Magic's Price (1990)
Sources
← Valdemar dossier · All universes
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