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Storm Breaking (The Mage Storms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – October 1, 1997

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Book 3 of 3: Valdemar: Mage Storms

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As Storm Breaking opens, the western allies, led by Karal, Karsite Sunpriest and delegate to the Valdemaran Court, and the Adepts Firesong and An'desha, have traveled deep into the Dorisha Plains to locate the ancient ruins of the Tower of Urtho, Mage of Silence, creator of the gryphons. Legend has it that below the Tower, deeply buried beneath the plains, is Urtho's Vault, hidden stronghold of some of the most powerful magical weapons ever devised - weapons that Urtho himself felt were too dangerous to use. With the help of the Shin'a'in plainsmen, they have successfully excavated this ancient arsenal, and risked their lives triggering one of these antique but potent tools of death to unleash a monstrous burst of mage-energy. With this explosion of magical power, Karal, Firesong, and their companions have temporarily counteracted the ever-increasing waves of the mage storms. But they know that this desperate action will not save them - they have bought themselves precious time, but are still far from a permanent solution. They know now that the mage storms are an "echo" through time of the prehistoric Cataclysm which destroyed Urtho's Tower, created the vast and barren Dorisha Plains, and permanently warped their world more than two thousand years ago. And they also know that if they don't find a way to banish these magical vibrations they will culminate in another Cataclysm - this time destroying their world for good. But the Vault is not the only thing buried for centuries below the Dorisha Plains, and camped in the ruins of what once was the workplace of the most ingenious mage their world has ever known, the desperate allies soon come to realize that their solution may lie beneath the dust at their feet. The saving of their world just might be accomplished by the work of a man who has been dead for millennia!

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October 1, 1997
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Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the best-selling Heralds Of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots. She can be found at mercedeslackey.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ DAW (October 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0886777550
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0886777555
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.17 x 1.19 x 6.85 inches

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- #7,741 in Historical Fantasy (Books)
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Mercedes Lackey is the acclaimed author of over fifty novels and many works of short fiction. In her "spare" time she is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. Mercedes lives in Oklahoma with her husband and frequent collaborator, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots.

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Kim Deister

Great end to the trilogy!

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In some ways, this trilogy wraps up the core part of the Valdemar saga that’s spanned several books. In this book, the loose ends of every major plot line throughout the saga is wrapped up. This is particularly satisifying for readers, like me, who’ve absorbed every word of this world for years. There are relevations about different aspects of the world that are truly eye-opening, that bring it all together for the reader. And this book is rather more tense and action-filled than the rest of the trilogy, which really amps up the anticipation.

Because of the way this series wraps up so many aspects of the saga, it’s clearly not a trilogy meant to be read alone, without having read The Mage Wars trilogy at least. That series begins the Cataclysm that changes the world, and this series ends it.

And although this book does wrap up many of the core Valdemar storylines, it is by no means the end. There are books to come that begin the next chapter in Valdemar history, the remaking of the world now that magic has come back.

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Mp3 is terrible - recording ends before the story ends 👎

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I love this series, so I hate to give this such a bad rating, but this is a reflection of the quality of the mp3 recording. The reader is ok, even though he mispronounces some words, in a way that could be rectified by simply looking them up in a dictionary - for example, "duchy," even though referring to the property of a duke, is NOT pronounced "ducky" (like a rubber ducky), it is "dutch-y." While somewhat annoying, however, the main problem is not the mispronunciation. Very unfortunately, the recording ends about 6 or 7 pages from the end of the book (at least, according to my very old paperback copy of the book) - it is VERY clearly NOT the end of the story!!! I originally thought I had received a defective disc, so called and asked for a replacement. The customer service representative I spoke with was helpful, and got the replacement out to me within two business days. Imagine my disappointment and displeasure upon discovering that the replacement has the exact same defect! 👎I can only assume that the master recording from which they make the copies is defective.I hope it is not that they were so careless while doing the recording that they just did not finish, but based on comments I have seen in how bad the kindle versions of some books are, who knows, especially if they used a bad kindle version for the reader instead of the actual book. Very, very disappointed - I will be returning all three audio books in this series, as it is basically all one story, and the mp3 totally screws up the ending. Very poorly done.

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Love It

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This story is a beautiful culmination of the series! The story is moving, enthralling, and designed to make the reader hunger for more. In world shattering situations, where the good person has to make a stand, it inevitably ends in some type of tragedy, without fail. Every character grows and learns as they face the final storm and comes out changed, whether it is physically, mentally or emotionally. This was an epic end to a very emotional series!!

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This particular series felt like it was a bit rushed in spots and drawn ...

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I''ve been reading Mercedes Lackey's books for years, amd generally she is an outstanding author, but occasionally when it comes to a series, she gets into a formulaic rut, particularly on her Velgarath world/Valdemar novels. This particular series felt like it was a bit rushed in spots and drawn out in others, and that there was more that Misty could have covered in this particular series. It seems she tries her best to keep the majority of her books in the <400 page range when most of us wouldn't mind extra reading to get more details, more history on the lands and people. This series in particular gave us a chance to find out more about Iftel, and what the Karsite religion was like before it was corrupted by false prophets and it only touched on this lightly. I would have liked to have seen a closer relationship beween Karal and Alberich, not on a teacher/student basis, but two outsiders from Karse who were taught about the evils of Valdemar and found out things were the very opposite of what they were taught. This book was good light reading, but I believe that so much more could have been included and it would hae been equally as engaging.

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Avalyn Hunter

A fine conclusion to a terrific series

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Mercedes Lackey's Mage Storms series is one of my favorites, and this book brings it to a satisfying conclusion with both a solid plot and continued development of characters who have become old friends in the previous books. The inclusion of Baron Melles as a major figure is a particularly interesting twist, bringing Imperial culture to life through the eyes of a complex yet understandable villain, and his unwitting role in preventing worldwide disaster adds another layer to the conclusion. The only real complaint I have is with the e-book formatting, which frankly is rather sloppy. As I am familiar with the hard copy edition, I don't have any trouble following the story regardless, but someone without that background might find it more difficult as italics and sometimes punctuation aren't always where they should be to give the author's intended meaning.

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JIM1957

Five Stars

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Storm breaking

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Exactly as described and received in good time. It's a book I will be happy to keep on my shelves.

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Storm Breaking

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Thank you for the prompt delivery, I love Mercedes Lackeys books, this the third part of the trilogy is wonderfu.,

Doni Richard

One of the best epic of Mercedes Lackey

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In the trilogy of the Storms, finally all the threads which started with the Valdemar trilogy (and from the past even from the Black Gryphon Trilogy and the books of Tarma and Kethry) come to the end. It is quite impossible personally to evaluate the three books one by one,as in truth they are a single book divided. Wthout going into spoiler , the books shows what's happen to the whole world of Valdemar (and Hardorn) too, when something much more dangerous than a black adept can cause havoc to the whole world Because the storms arrives directly from the past... And only working all together all the people of the various kingdom and people even of the Shin'a In and even some artifecres shall eb able to face this trouble What can people do when this event can destroy the whole world? These books have the answer, but logially, with step by step solution of people working together and stumbling and making mistakes, but nonetheless doing their best as human (or Gryphon, or Hertasi )

Dragon Lady

Great story

Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2021

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The book in itself was well written and entertaining, however the cover confused me. I have no idea of who the image represented. it did not seem to fit any of the characters.

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