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The SERRAted Edge
The SERRAted Edge series by Mercedes Lackey has 10 known books (10 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Born to Run (1992).
- Books
- 10 known books (10 novels)
- Published
- 10
- First published
- 1992
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Fantasy
- Last checked
Start here: Born to Run (1992) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Born to Run
Born to Run, published in 1992 at 336 pages, opened the Serrated Edge series as a collaboration between Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon, preceding Wheels of Fire the same year.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Born to Run - Book 2:
Wheels of Fire
Wheels of Fire also came out in 1992, a 400-page second entry pairing Mercedes Lackey with Mark Shepherd rather than Larry Dixon, continuing SERRA's cover story of exiled fae nobles racing stock cars while quietly countering dark magic.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Wheels of Fire - Book 3:
When the Bough Breaks
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.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of When the Bough Breaks - Book 4:
Chrome Circle
Chrome Circle, released in 1994 at 368 pages, reunited Mercedes Lackey with Larry Dixon, her Born to Run collaborator, as the fourth entry in the series.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Chrome Circle - Book 5:
Elvendude
Elvendude, also published in 1994 at 320 pages, is credited to Mark Shepherd alone rather than as a Mercedes Lackey collaboration, the fifth entry in a series that functions more like a shared-world anthology than one continuous story.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Elvendude - Book 6:
Spiritride
Spiritride followed in 1997 at 320 pages, matching Elvendude's length exactly and continuing Mark Shepherd's solo run as the sixth installment, after a gap of three years within the SERRA racing-team premise.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Spiritride - Book 7:
Lazerwarz
Lazerwarz, published in 1999 at 288 pages, closes out Mark Shepherd's run of solo entries in the series as the seventh book, ahead of an eighteen-year dormancy before the series' 2017 revival.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Lazerwarz - Book 8:
Silence
Silence marks a return after a long gap, published in 2017 at 392 pages and pairing Mercedes Lackey with a new collaborator, Cody Martin, as the eighth entry.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Silence - Book 9:
The Waters and the Wild
The Waters and the Wild, released in 2019 at 283 pages, teams Mercedes Lackey with Rosemary Edghill as the ninth installment, continuing the revived series' blend of elven politics and contemporary racing culture.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Waters and the Wild - Book 10:
Breaking Silence
Breaking Silence, published in 2020 at 448 pages -- the longest entry in the series -- reunites Mercedes Lackey with Cody Martin, her Silence collaborator, to close out this ten-book run.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Breaking Silence
About The SERRAted Edge
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), each book pairs high-speed racing action with contemporary urban fantasy, mixing elven politics, modern technology, and car culture in a way that was distinctive for its era.
The series ran for seven books between 1992 and 1999, went dormant for nearly two decades, then returned with two further installments co-written with Cody Martin in 2017 and 2020, extending the same premise into a more current setting.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the SERRAted Edge series?
Ten core books published between 1992 and 2020: Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When the Bough Breaks, Chrome Circle, Elvendude, Spiritride, Lazerwarz, Silence, The Waters and the Wild, and Breaking Silence. A separate four-book historical spinoff, the Doubled Edge sub-series with Roberta Gellis, is tracked as its own series.
Who co-wrote the SERRAted Edge books?
Mercedes Lackey collaborated with different co-authors across the series: Larry Dixon (Born to Run, Chrome Circle), Mark Shepherd (Wheels of Fire, Elvendude, Spiritride, Lazerwarz), Holly Lisle (When the Bough Breaks), and Cody Martin on the later revival books (Silence, Breaking Silence).
Do I need to read the SERRAted Edge books in order?
Not strictly — most books follow different characters within the same shared SERRA racing-team world rather than one continuous plot, so you can start almost anywhere, though publication order is the conventional listing.
What is SERRA?
The Southeastern Road Racing Association, a professional racing organization that serves as cover for a group of exiled elves using modern race cars (and the powerful iron and magic both involved) to fight dark forces that have followed them into the human world.
Is the SERRAted Edge series still ongoing?
It's unclear whether more books are planned — after a long gap between 1999 and 2017, the series was revived with two further books co-written with Cody Martin, the most recent in 2020, but no further installment has been announced since.
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