Into the West
- Published
- 1 January 2022
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN-13
- 9780756417369
- Type
- novel
About this book
Into the West followed in 2022 at 368 pages, continuing the exodus Duke Kordas Valdemar leads in search of a place his people can settle safely -- origin-story material Mercedes Lackey wrote more than three decades after first introducing the kingdom.
Key facts about Into the West
Into the West is a novel by Mercedes Lackey. Readers have had it since 2022. It runs to 368 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Into the West. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756417369 to find the main one.
Into the West is book 2 of 3 in The Founding of Valdemar series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Beyond (2021).
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 Founding of Valdemar
Into the West is book 2 in the The Founding of Valdemar series. It follows Beyond. It is followed by Valdemar. See the full The Founding of Valdemar reading order.
More than three decades after introducing Valdemar in Arrows of the Queen, Lackey went all the way back to the very beginning: the founding of the kingdom itself, centuries before any Herald, Companion, or Collegium existed. The trilogy follows Kordas Valdemar, a minor duke leading his people in a desperate exodus away from a tyrannical, expansionist empire, in search of a place his community can settle safely and build a fairer, freer society — the founding act that eventually becomes the kingdom every other…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756417369