The Silver Gryphon
core novel 1996 Valdemar
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (11,552 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-88677-684-8 |
| First-edition date | 1996-03 |
Synopsis
The concluding volume of the Mage Wars trilogy, co-written with Larry Dixon, is set roughly a dozen years after the Cataclysm that killed the mage Urtho, during a period of relative peace for the city of White Gryphon that his surviving people built in its aftermath. The story centers on the Silver Gryphons, an elite force of gryphons and humans trained to defend the city, who continue their patrols and duties even though no major threat has troubled White Gryphon for years. Despite the extended calm, the community remains wary, having built alliances with neighboring kingdoms in anticipation that the dangers which shaped its founding could resurface, and the novel follows members of this defensive force as that uneasy peace is tested.
Where it sits
- Universe: Valdemar
- Series: The Mage Wars (Gryphon trilogy) core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
- Author: Larry Dixon
Notes
- From the series record (The Mage Wars (Gryphon trilogy)): Co-authored throughout with Larry Dixon.
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 Wars (Gryphon trilogy): position 3 of 3: previous The White Gryphon (1995)
Sources
- Mercedes Lackey official site
- Valdemar Wiki (Fandom)
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-silver-gryphon-9781101127308/
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