The Mage Storms

Lackey is a prolific fantasy author with an extensive backlist. Many of her novels are interlinked and set in and around the nation of Valdemar, in the Velgarth universe. Her books span some 3000 years of Velgarth history. This third omnibus collects Mercedes Lackey's much loved Valdemar novels: Storm Warning, Storm Rising and Storm Breaking. The first volume is the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy (9781783293780). Titan also publish Lackey's brand-new Collegium Chronicles (Bastion, Book 5 9781781 165935) and Herald Spy (9781783292769) series, set in the same universe, as well as her Elemental Masters novels. Lackey is a well-known genre name with an online presence on Facebook, Twitter, blogs etc.

Karse and Valdemar have long been enemy kingdoms, until they are forced into an uneasy alliance to defend their lands from the armies of Eastern Empire, which is ruled by a monarch whose magical tactics may be beyond any sorcery known to the Western kingdoms.Valdemar and Karse have been enemy kingdoms for centuries. But when the mysterious Eastern Empire perpetrates malicious deeds against both kingdoms, they are forced into a cautious alliance.Valdemar's Heralds and Karse's Sun-Priests must unite and combine their magical abilities against the dangerous sorcery of the East. But their alliance is often fragile. Secrets that have been hidden for centuries are revealed, and strange, magical phenomenon begin to occur across the land-the mage-storms. These storms bring catastrophic earthquakes, monsoons and blizzards, as well as releasing terrible, nightmarish creatures into the realm. The allies must locate the source of the mage-storms to save the world from annihilation, and along the way they will encounter some of the most powerful magic ever devised.The Mage Storms omnibus follows young wizard Adept An'desha and cleric Karal as they struggle with the responsibilities of an adult world and seek to defend their Kingdom from magical havoc.