Spiritride
core novel 1997 Elves on the Road
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.68 (111 ratings, collected 2026-11-04) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780671877750 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Thorn Wilson, a biker who has been dead since 1922 and now serves as a guardian, is pulled into a clash between the Light Elf King Aedhan and the Dark Elf Japhet Dhu. Two living bikers, Wolf and the teenager Lucas Trask, are caught in the middle of the conflict. The characters move between Faerie, the human world and the limbo between realities through interdimensional Gates, and face abductions, human sacrifice and deception. It is a sequel to Elvendude.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elves on the Road
- Series: SERRAted Edge core; position 6 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mark Shepherd
Notes
- Written by Mark Shepherd alone; first published April 1997.
- From the series record (SERRAted Edge): Modern-day novels of elves who race cars and move among humans, set in the same world as the Diana Tregarde and Bedlam's Bard books.
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 SERRAted Edge: position 6 of 10: previous Elvendude (1994) · next Lazerwarz (1999)
- Internal chronology, within Elves on the Road: position 19 of 24: previous Mad Maudlin (2003) · next Music to My Sorrow (2005)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site: Elves on the Road universe
- Wikipedia, Mark Shepherd (novelist), bibliography gives ISBN 0-671-72138-0
- PaperbackSwap book listing
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