Storm Breaking

Author

Mercedes Lackey

Publication date

1 October 1996

Published by

DAW

Book sources

978-0886777135

Sub-series

The Mage Storms

Volume

3

Chronological Order
Preceded by	Followed by
Storm Rising	Owlflight

Publication Order
Preceded by	Followed by
The Silver Gryphon	Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar

This is the concluding volume of The Mage Storms series.

Publisher's description[]

As mysterious, magical onslaughts ravage Valdemar and the kingdoms of the West, the western allies have traveled far to locate the ruins of the Tower of Urtho, Mage of Silence, and excavate his legendary Vault, hidden stronghold of some of the most powerful magical weapons ever devised. They now know that the mage storms are an "echo" through time of the prehistoric Cataclysm which permanently warped their world more than two thousand years ago. If they don't find a way to stop these magical vibrations they will culminate in another Cataclysm --this time destroying their world for good.

But Urtho's Vault is not the only thing buried below the Dorisha Plains, and camped in the ruins of what was once the workplace of the most ingenious mage their world has ever known, the desperate allies soon realize that their solution may lie beneath their feet. The saving of their world just might be accomplished by the work of a man who has been dead for millennia!

Synopsis[]

The team held together by Sunpriest Karal, Karse's ambassador to the Valdemaran Court, including the Mage Adepts Firesong and An'desha, is still at Urtho's Tower in the Dorisha Plains. Karal is recovering from his second performance as a channel 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.