Winds of Fate
- Published
- 1 January 1991
- Pages
- 460
- ISBN-13
- 9780886775162
- Type
- novel
About this book
Winds of Fate launches The Mage Winds series, written by Mercedes Lackey and first published in 1991. At 460 pages, it is a full-length entry in the series. From here the series continues with Winds of Change. The Mage Winds ran to 3 books, concluding in 1993.
Key facts about Winds of Fate
Mercedes Lackey wrote Winds of Fate, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1991. The book has 460 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780886775162 to find the main one.
Winds of Fate is book 1 of 3 in The Mage Winds 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 The Mage Winds
Winds of Fate is book 1 in the The Mage Winds series. It is followed by Winds of Change. See the full The Mage Winds reading order.
The Mage Winds trilogy sends Herald Elspeth — heir to Valdemar's throne and a central figure introduced in earlier Valdemar novels — away from her own kingdom entirely, on a quest to recover true high mage magic, which has been effectively lost to Valdemar for generations. Traveling with the enigmatic and much older mage Firesong and, eventually, reuniting with figures from Valdemar's neighboring lands, Elspeth's journey reopens the wider magical geography of Lackey's world beyond Valdemar's borders, and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780886775162