The Case of the Spellbound Child
core novel 2019 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (1,594 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 313 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756412111 |
| Internal chronology | 17 |
Synopsis
John and Mary Watson, joined once again by Nan Killian and Sarah Lyon-White, are drawn into two seemingly separate cases in The Case of the Spellbound Child: persistent rumors of dark magic stirring on Dartmoor, and a desperate plea from an isolated cottager whose children have vanished under circumstances no one can explain. As the investigators travel to the moor to look into both matters, they find the wild, folklore-steeped landscape itself seems to work against straightforward answers. The group must draw on their combined psychic sensitivity and Elemental training to separate genuine supernatural danger from local superstition, while racing to determine what has actually happened to the missing children before whatever took them can act again.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 17 of 21 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- From the series record (The Elemental Masters): Loosely connected fairy-tale retellings unified by a shared elemental-magic system rather than a continuous cast.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Elemental Masters: position 17 of 21: previous The Bartered Brides (2018) · next Jolene (2020)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545372/the-case-of-the-spellbound-child-by-mercedes-lackey/
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