title: Storm Breaking (The Mage Storms, Book 3)
author:  Mercedes Lackey 
description: <b>Mercedes Lackey</b> is a full-time writer and has published numerous novels and works of short fiction, including the best-selling <b>Heralds Of Valdemar</b> 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.
zlib_text: Storm Rising
  
   **Book Two of the Mage Storms**
  
   **By Mercedes Lackey**
  
  copyright 1995
  
    
  
  version 2.0. spell checked, compared to original, formatting. Completed
  January 11, 2004.
  
    
  
  Storm Rising includes black and white illustrations by Larry Dixon.
  
    
  
  All the black & white interior illustrations in this book are available as 8’
  x 10” prints;
  
  either in a signed, open edition singly, or in a signed and numbered portfolio
  from:
  
  FIREBIRD ARTS & MUSIC, INC.
  
  P.O. Box 14785 Portland, OR 97214-9998 Phone: 1-800-752-0494
  
  Time Line by Pat Tobin.
  
  Maps by Larry Dixon.
  
    
  
  Dedicated to Teresa and Dejah
  
    
  
  One
  
  Grand Duke Tremane shivered as a cold draft wisped past the shutters behind
  him and drifted down the back of his neck. This was a far cry from Emperor
  Charliss’ Crag Castlewhich, though outwardly austere, was nevertheless
  replete with hidden comforts. Even his own ducal manor, while primitive by the
  standards of Crag Castle, was free of drafts in the worst of weather. Treman