Music to My Sorrow
core novel 2005 Elves on the Road
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (1,465 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781416509172 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
Set in New York City. Eric Banyon must win custody of his younger brother Magnus from their tyrannical parents. He has money, a powerful lawyer friend in Ria Llewellyn, and magic that could help if the fight turns supernatural. The parents, however, have allied themselves with Billy Fairchild, an evangelist who reforms difficult children and who serves the Unseleighe elves, who feed on human sorrow. If Magnus and Ace, a runaway girl he has befriended, fall into Fairchild's hands, they will be drained of will and talent.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elves on the Road
- Series: Bedlam's Bard core; position 7 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 7 of 7: previous Mad Maudlin (2003)
- Internal chronology, within Elves on the Road: position 20 of 24: previous Spiritride (1997) · next Lazerwarz (1999)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site: Bedlam's Bard
- Angus & Robertson
- Mercedes Lackey official site (Music to My Sorrow)
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