Oathblood
- Published
- 1 January 1998
- Pages
- 394
- ISBN-13
- 9781101152652
- Type
- novel
About this book
Lackey returned to the series seven years later with Oathblood in 1998, following By the Sword at a comparatively brief 394 pages. It closes out Tarma and Kethry's own story, bridging directly into the family history that By the Sword's Kerowyn later inherits.
Key facts about Oathblood
Oathblood is a novel by Mercedes Lackey. Readers have had it since 1998. It runs to 394 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Oathblood. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781101152652 to find the main one.
Oathblood is book 4 of 4 in the Vows and Honor series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with The Oathbound (1988).
Additionally, Mercedes Lackey writes The Brainship Series, Heralds of Valdemar and Diana Tregarde, 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 Vows and Honor
Oathblood is book 4 in the Vows and Honor series. It follows By the Sword. See the full Vows and Honor reading order.
Vows and Honor tells the story of Tarma shena Tale'sedrin and Kethry, an unlikely pair of mercenary sword-and-sorcery partners — a Sword Sworn warrior avenging her destroyed clan and a runaway noblewoman-turned-mage — who together become two of the most formidable heroes in the wider Valdemar universe, decades before Talia or Vanyel are ever born. The Oathbound and Oathbreakers collect and continue Tarma and Kethry's adventures as sellswords-for-hire; Oathblood , published nearly a decade later, closes out their…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101152652