When the Bough Breaks
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 279
- ISBN-13
- 9780671721541
- Type
- novel
About this book
When the Bough Breaks, published in 1993 at 279 pages -- the shortest entry so far -- teamed Mercedes Lackey with Holly Lisle as the third installment.
Key facts about When the Bough Breaks
Holly Lisle and Mercedes Lackey wrote When the Bough Breaks, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1993. The book has 279 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780671721541 to find the main one.
When the Bough Breaks is book 3 of 10 in The SERRAted Edge series. The series has 10 published books. However, the series starts with Born to Run (1992).
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 SERRAted Edge
When the Bough Breaks is book 3 in the The SERRAted Edge series. It follows Wheels of Fire. It is followed by Chrome Circle. See the full The SERRAted Edge reading order.
The SERRAted Edge series drops elves into the world of professional auto racing: exiled fae nobles, drawn to modern combustion engines the way they were once drawn to swords and swift horses, run SERRA (the Southeastern Road Racing Association) as cover for their real work — quietly countering dark magic and evil elven factions that have followed them into the human world. Written by Lackey in rotating collaboration with several co-authors across the 1990s (and revived decades later with a new writing partner)…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780671721541