About this book
At 376 pages, the longest of Lackey's three standalone fairy-tale reimaginings, The Black Swan (1999) retells Swan Lake from the perspective of Odile, the traditional story's villainess.
Key facts about The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a book by Mercedes Lackey. Readers have had it since 1999. It runs to 376 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Black Swan. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780575071964 to find the main one.
Mercedes Lackey has 120 books in our catalogue. 117 of them belong to a series, while 3 stand alone. All 120 are out now. Other books by Mercedes Lackey on file include Deliverance of Dragons (2025), Miss Amelia's List (2024), Valdemar (2023) and The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley (2022).
Before this one, Owlsight came out in 1998. After it came Brightly Burning in 2000. It is one of 2 Mercedes Lackey books dated 1999. Since then, our list has added 79 more books by Mercedes Lackey.
Mercedes Lackey has 27 series on file, such as The Brainship Series, Heralds of Valdemar and Vows and Honor. 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.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575071964