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The Collegium Chronicles · Book 1

Foundation

by Mercedes Lackey
Published
1 January 2008
Pages
340
ISBN-13
9780756405243
Type
novel
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About this book

Foundation is the book that opens Mercedes Lackey's five-book Collegium Chronicles, published in 2008 at 340 pages. It's the natural place to begin the series, which continues with Intrigues.

Key facts about Foundation

Mercedes Lackey wrote Foundation, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 340 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756405243 to find the main one.

Foundation is book 1 of 5 in The Collegium Chronicles series. The series has 5 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 Collegium Chronicles

Foundation is book 1 in the The Collegium Chronicles series. It is followed by Intrigues. See the full The Collegium Chronicles reading order.

The Collegium Chronicles rewinds Valdemar's clock to its earliest days, generations before Talia's Arrows trilogy, to dramatize the founding of the Herald's Collegium itself — the training institution every later Herald in the series passes through. The story follows Mags, a former mine slave rescued and Chosen by the Companion Dallen, as he's brought to the newly-established Collegium and, despite deep trauma and suspicion of authority, is drawn into service as one of Valdemar's first spies, working directly for…

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