About the Author

Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series, including Fiddler Fair, and the Serrated Edge series (both Baen), the Heralds of Valdemar series, and many more. Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose, The Lark and the Wren, and The Shadow of the Lion, and Burdens of the Dead (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer). She is also the creator and principal author of the meta-hero shared wrold Secret World Chronicles, also from Baen, including latest entry Revolution. She lives in Oklahoma.