The Gates of Sleep
core novel 2002 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (8,979 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 446 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756400606 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Marina Roeswood has spent seventeen years being raised in rural Cornwall by foster parents who are themselves Elemental Masters, kept largely ignorant of why her biological parents sent her away from London as an infant. When her birth parents die and Marina is abruptly recalled to inherit their estate, she comes under the guardianship of a sinister aunt whose intentions prove far from benevolent. As Marina begins to uncover the truth behind her hidden upbringing and the magical dangers that shadowed her family, she must develop her own Elemental abilities quickly enough to protect herself from the threat closing in around her new household, drawing on both her Cornish foster family's teachings and unexpected allies among London's magical community.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 3 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 3 of 21: previous The Serpent's Shadow (2001) · next Phoenix and Ashes (2004)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/288299/the-gates-of-sleep-by-mercedes-lackey/
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