Mary H. Herbert (born 1957) is an American fantasy writer, author of the Dark Horse series and several Dragonlance novels.

Biography

Mary Houser Herbert was born in Ohio in 1957.Books, Listed by Author
/ref> Growing up in Troy, Ohio, she was interested in history and riding and was an avid reader of fantasy. Her first complete science fiction/fantasy short story about an orbiting space station won first prize in her high school's writing contest. She continued to write stories, essays, and poetry while studying at the University of Montana, the University of Wyoming, and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, England. Since publishing her first novel, ''Dark Horse'', in 1990, TSR Books has published an additional two novels in the Dark Horse Series as well as Dragonlance universe and other novels, three short stories in the Forgotten Realms Anthologies (see bibliography), and a chapter on Sanction in ''Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One''. Herbert lives in Metro Atlanta with her husband, two teenage children, and pets.

Selected works

Dark Horse Series

''Hunnuli'' are a breed of wild horse magically created to partner and protect ''good'' magic wielders. They are huge, powerful, black and elegant, with a white lightning-bolt marking on their shoulder. Held in high regard even when humans forget their original purpose, the ''Hunnuli'' are immune to magic, fully sentient, and communicate telepathically with their chosen humans. They are intolerant of evil, and will fight to the death rather than serve an evil master. *''

Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, or a contestant that on paper should be unlikely to succeed but yet still might. Origin Th ...

'' (1990) *''Lightning's Daughter'' (1991) *''Valorian'' (1993) *''City of the Sorcerers'' (1994) *''

Winged Magic ''Winged Magic'' is a fantasy novel by Mary H. Herbert, published by TSR in 1996. Plot summary ''Winged Magic'' is a novel in which sentient horses are able to speak fluently with their human friends. Reception Paul Pettengale reviewed ''Winged M ...

'' (1996) *''Valorian's Children'' (2000) *''Valorian's Legacy'' (2003)

Dragonlance Universe

Bridges of Time novel 2 in the series: *''Legacy of Steel'' ovember 1998, TSR, Inc., Crossroads novels 1 and 3: *''Clandestine Circle'' (2000) *''Dragon's Bluff'' (2001) Linsha novels 1, 2 and 3 *''City of the Lost'' (2003) *''Flight of the Fallen'' (2004) *''Return of the Exile'' (2005) *Short story about ''Linsha'' in ''Dragons of Time''

War of Souls

*''Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls 1'' (2001) *''Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls 2''

Anthologies containing Mary H. Herbert short stories

*''Realms of Mystery'' (Forgotten Realms, June 1998, TSR, Inc., ) *''Realms of Magic'' (Forgotten Realms, December 1995, TSR, Inc., ) *''Realms of Infamy'' (Forgotten Realms December 1994, TSR, Inc., )

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