The Mage Storms Trilogy

Title: Storm Warning Author: Mercedes Lackey Publisher: DAW Books Date of Publication: 1995 Details: Paperback, 428 pages ISBN: 0886776619

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Karse and Valdemar have long been enemy kingdoms- their peoples filled with mutual prejudice and mistrust. Only the vile deeds perpetrated on both kingdoms by Ancar of Hardorn, and the subsequent emergence of the armies of the Eastern Empire in the wake of his defeat, have forced these two so-different lands into an uneasy alliance. For the Eastern Empire, which has long been isolated and shrouded in mystery, is ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics may be beyond any sorcery known to the Western Kindoms. Forced to combat this dire foe, not only must traditional enemies unite, but the Companions may, at last, have to reveal secrets which they have kept hidden for centuries... even from their beloved Heralds.

Title: Storm Rising Author: Mercedes Lackey Publisher: DAW Books Date of Publication: 1996 Details: Paperback ISBN: 0886777127

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The dire threat of war with the powerful, sorcerous Eastern Empire has forced the kingdom of Valdemar into an uneasy coalition with its traditional enemy, the neighboring kingdom of Karse. But now, mysterious mage-storms are wreaking havoc on both Valdemar and Karse, plaguing these lands not only with disastrous earthquakes and ice storms, but also with venomous magical constructs-terrifying creatures out of nightmares. As Valdemar's Heralds and Karse's Sun-Priests struggle to marshal their combined magical resources to protect their realms from these devastating, spell-fueled onslaughts, the still fragile alliance between these long-hostile lands begins to fray. Only the personal intervention of Solaris, the High Priestess and ruler of Karse, can defuse what is rapidly becoming a dangerously explosive situation. But Solaris also confirms the worst fears of the Heralds - that these storms come from a mysterious, unknown source. And unless Valdemar and Karse can locate and destroy the elusive and enigmatic cause of these storms, they will see their entire world demolished in a final magical holocaust.

Title: Storm Rising Author: Mercedes Lackey Publisher: DAW Books Date of Publication: 1997 Details: Paperback, 416 pages ISBN: 0886777550

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As mysterious, magical onslaughts ravage Valdemar and the kingdoms of the West, the western allies have traveled far to locate the ruins of the Tower of Urtho, Mage of Silence, and excavate his legendary Vault, hidden stronghold of some of the most powerful magical weapons ever devised. They now know that the mage storms are an "echo" through time of the prehistoric Cataclysm which permanently warped their world more than two thousand years ago. If they don't find a way to stop these magical vibrations they will culiminate in another Cataclysm - this time destroying their world for good. But Urtho's Vault is not the only thing buried below the Dorisha Plains, and camped in the ruins of what was once the workplace of the most ingenious mage their world has ever known, the desperate allies soon realize that their solution may lie beneath their feet. The saving of their world just might be accomplished by the work of a man who has been dead for a millennia!