Name: Closer to Home
Author: Mercedes Lackey
ISBN: 9780756408992

About this book

Closer to Home (2014) opens The Herald Spy trilogy, moving Mags from the Collegium Chronicles into adulthood as Valdemar's chief intelligence-gatherer and following his marriage to Amily.

Key facts about Closer to Home

Mercedes Lackey wrote Closer to Home, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2014. The book has 361 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756408992 to find the main one.

Closer to Home is book 1 of 3 in The Herald Spy series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Mercedes Lackey writes The Brainship Series, Heralds of Valdemar and Vows and Honor, plus 23 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, The Cyprian is the latest published Mercedes Lackey book on file, from 30 December 2025.

About Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey is one of the most prolific authors in modern fantasy, best known for her Valdemar novels, an interlocking mega-series that has run since 1987 across dozens of trilogies and standalones set in a single shared kingdom. See every Mercedes Lackey book in order.

Its place in The Herald Spy

Closer to Home is book 1 in the The Herald Spy series. It is followed by Closer to the Heart. See the full The Herald Spy reading order.

The Herald Spy trilogy continues Mags's story from the Collegium Chronicles into adulthood: now a fully established Herald and Valdemar's chief intelligence-gatherer, Mags balances an increasingly dangerous double life of espionage and court politics with marriage to Amily, the King's Own Herald-in-training, as the couple takes on threats that range from foreign plots to conspiracies within Valdemar's own nobility. Where the Collegium Chronicles followed Mags's traumatic origins and training, this trilogy follows…

Editions

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