The Cyprian
core novel 2025 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (830 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 338 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756419110 |
| Internal chronology | 21 |
Synopsis
Set in the Regency era, The Cyprian follows Elena Whitstone and her seven brothers, who share a family secret: the ability to see fairies invisible to everyone else around them. Their quiet arrangement is disrupted when their mother disappears without explanation and their father remarries in short order, bringing a new stepmother into the household. Soon afterward, the fairies the siblings have always relied on for company and small aid vanish, longtime household staff are abruptly dismissed, and the Whitstone children begin noticing signs that their stepmother's intentions are far from benign. Elena is forced to uncover and learn to use hidden magical powers inherited from her own mysterious mother in order to protect her brothers from whatever their stepmother is planning.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 21 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 21 of 21: previous Miss Amelia's List (2024)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/AVN/elemental-masters/
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