Books like Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

In The Name of the Wind, a young orphan named Kvothe tells the tale of his rise from street player to legendary wizard, recounting adventures, love, and loss in a richly imagined world.

The Way of Kings opens Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive, a sweeping high‑fantasy saga set on the storm‑torn world of Roshar where mystical Shardblade warriors, broken kingdoms, and mysterious ancient orders collide.

A continuation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, The Great Hunt introduces the Horn of Valere and the quest to find it.

A new installment in the epic fantasy series

Gavin Guile, the powerful Prism who governs as high priest and emperor, must complete five impossible goals in five years while concealing a son’s existence that threatens the fragile peace of his world.

The Dragon Reborn, Rand al'Thor, embarks on a perilous journey to free the Great Lord of the Dark, battling betrayal, civil war, and the male wielders of the One Power in the sprawling epic fantasy world of The Wheel of Time.

Peter S. Beagle’s classic fantasy follows a lone unicorn as she leaves the enchanted lilac wood to find her kind, gathering companions and confronting destiny in a doomed kingdom.

A new chapter in the Wheel of Time saga, introducing The Kin and Mat's potential reunion with his wife.

The final book of the Belgariad, a grand epic story of destiny, prophecy, and the quest for power that culminates in a desperate battle between Garion and the evil God Torak.

A fictionalized retelling of L. Frank Baum's classic 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', focusing on the enigmatic Wicked Witch of the West and her quest to become the Wicked Witch of the West.

Karigan G'ladheon must deliver a life‑threatening message after a dying messenger hands her the Green Rider insignia, launching her into a perilous quest through the Green Cloak forest and beyond.

The Dragon Reborn confronts the White Dragon.

The fourth book in the Belgariad, set against a backdrop of seven thousand years of epic struggles and mysteries.

In the Valdemar universe, Herald-Mage Vanyel must confront a looming magical disaster while his Companion Yfandes investigates a mysterious holocaust in a neighboring kingdom.

Tarma, a sword-sworn warrior of the Shin’a’in, and Kethry, a sorceress from a noble house who earned a magical sword, bind together in a blood oath to hunt down the brigands that slaughtered Tama’s clan and to fight evil in the Vows and Honor world.

After her family's keep is raided, Kerowyn, granddaughter of sorceress Kethry, must rally mercenary forces and wield her inherited magic to protect Valdemar and stave off a looming threat.

In the world of Valdemar, Skandranon and Amberdrake defend their home city, White Gryphon, against the Black Kings’ claims, uncovering conspiracies that threaten the fragile peace.

Oathbreakers is the second book in the Vows and Honor Trilogy. When Idra, leader of the crack mercenaries known as the Sunhawks, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom of Rethwellan, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. Sisters of sword and spell, their fates bound together by a Goddess-sworn oath, they were eternally pledged to fight the forces of evil. And evil had indeed cast its shadow over Rethwellan. Idra, so they were told, had left long ago on a search for a legendary magical sword which could reveal which of her two brothers was meant to become the new king. With the princess gone, her younger brother had been branded an outlaw and her older brother had claimed the throne. Both instinct and mage lore told Kethry and Tarma that all was not as it seemed, that both Idra and her people were in terrible jeopardy. Yet would their Goddess-given powers, aided by those of a Herald of Valdemar, proves strong enough to break the dark enchantment possessing this land?

Magpie, a 13‑year‑old orphan, escapes the grim life of gem‑mine slavery when a magical Companion horse selects him to train as a Herald in the early history of Valdemar.

The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley, blends science‑fiction, fantasy, and paranormal elements to craft a fresh speculative narrative that invites readers into an imaginative, genre‑crossing world.

At Oakhurst Academy, a boarding school for orphaned future magicians, magical attacks force a suspicious alumnus to protect the campus and train students for war.

A compelling anthology featuring Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar heroines Tarma and Kethry in an original novella and a collection of their short stories, united by destiny, sword‑sworn vows, and magical power.

In a world where psychotropic drugs unlock hidden powers, unethical researchers draw the attention of the Lord of the Dark Unseleighe Sidhe, Aerune mac Audelaine, and both sides confront the enigmatic threat posed by Eric Banyon.

An exploration of Mercedes Lackey’s groundbreaking Valdemar saga, charting its origins with the 1987 debut "Arrows of the Queen" and tracing its influence on contemporary fantasy authors.

Crucible is a collection of 18 all-original short stories by Mercedes Lackey, set in the Valdemar universe. It follows the heralds, bards, and healers—Valdemar’s elite protective force—in a series of adventures often focused on wonder, danger and camaraderie.