Mercedes Lackey

The Black Gryphon is the first novel in the chronological timeline of the Valdemar Saga by author Mercedes Lackey, although not published until 1994.

Take a Thief: A Novel of Valdemar is a 2001 young-adult novel about Skif, an orphaned pickpocket, who finds a magical horse. Written by Mercedes Lackey, the novel is the third in the Heralds of Valdemar series, and introduces Skif, who appears in the subsequent Valdemar book Arrows of the Queen.

Storm Warning is a 1994 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey.

Storm Rising is a 1995 fantasty novel by Mercedes Lackey, second in her Mage Storms trilogy.