The White Gryphon
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780886776824
- Type
- novel
About this book
The White Gryphon followed The Black Gryphon in 1995 at 400 pages, turning to the gryphon survivors' desperate effort to found a new home after the cataclysmic magical war that destroyed the ancient Mage of Silence Empire. Co-written by Mercedes Lackey and her husband Larry Dixon, it continues the Mage Wars trilogy's deep-history worldbuilding for the wider Valdemar timeline, roughly a thousand years before the rest of the series takes place, ahead of The Silver Gryphon's shift to the next generation.
Key facts about The White Gryphon
The White Gryphon is a novel by Larry Dixon and Mercedes Lackey. Readers have had it since 1995. It runs to 400 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The White Gryphon. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780886776824 to find the main one.
The White Gryphon is book 2 of 3 in The Mage Wars (Gryphon Trilogy) series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with The Black Gryphon (1994).
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 Mage Wars (Gryphon Trilogy)
The White Gryphon is book 2 in the The Mage Wars (Gryphon Trilogy) series. It follows The Black Gryphon. It is followed by The Silver Gryphon. See the full The Mage Wars (Gryphon Trilogy) reading order.
Co-written with Lackey's husband Larry Dixon, the Mage Wars trilogy jumps back roughly a thousand years before the rest of the Valdemar timeline, to the cataclysmic magical war that destroyed the ancient Mage of Silence Empire and reshaped the entire continent's geography and magic. Its protagonists are gryphons — intelligent, magically-created winged beings — rather than humans: Skandranon, a vain, heroic gryphon warrior, leads the story through the war's brutal endgame in The Black Gryphon , then follows the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780886776824