Storm Breaking
core novel 1996 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (13,108 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 463 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-88677-713-5 |
| First-edition date | 1996-10 |
Synopsis
The concluding volume of the Mage Storms trilogy follows the Karsite Sunpriest Karal, the Adepts Firesong and An'desha, and a band of Shin'a'in plainsmen as they travel into the Dorisha Plains to excavate the ruins of Urtho's Tower, seeking a fabled vault of magical weapons that may hold the key to ending the mage-storms once and for all. Having already triggered one ancient device to buy the alliance a temporary reprieve, the group comes to understand that the storms are echoes, reaching forward through time, of the same cataclysm that destroyed Urtho's Tower more than two thousand years earlier. With Valdemar, Karse, and their allies still exposed to a threat that could repeat that ancient catastrophe, the expedition must uncover Urtho's buried legacy in time to find a lasting solution.
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: The Mage Storms core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
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 Mage Storms: position 3 of 3: previous Storm Rising (1995)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site
- Valdemar Wiki (Fandom)
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/storm-breaking-9781101141755/
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