The Hills Have Spies
- Published
- 1 January 2018
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9781785653445
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Hills Have Spies (2018) opens Family Spies at 400 pages, the longest of the trilogy, following Mags and Amily's own children being drawn into the family trade of information-gathering a generation after the Herald Spy trilogy.
Key facts about The Hills Have Spies
Mercedes Lackey wrote The Hills Have Spies, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2018. The book has 400 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781785653445 to find the main one.
The Hills Have Spies is book 1 of 3 in the Valdemar: Family Spies 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 Valdemar: Family Spies
The Hills Have Spies is book 1 in the Valdemar: Family Spies series. It is followed by Eye Spy. See the full Valdemar: Family Spies reading order.
Family Spies picks up Mags and Amily's story a generation further on from the Herald Spy trilogy: now parents, the couple find their own children being drawn into the family trade of information-gathering and court intrigue, as new threats to Valdemar require the next generation's help. The trilogy continues the series' shift toward espionage-flavored plotting while adding a family-legacy dimension — watching Mags and Amily navigate parenthood alongside the same kind of high-stakes secrecy that defined their own…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781785653445