--- product_id: 25034505 title: "Fortune's Fool (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – March 18, 2008" brand: "mercedes lackey" price: "43011₫" currency: VND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/25034505-fortunes-fool-tales-of-the-five-hundred-kingdoms-book-3 store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Fortune's Fool (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – March 18, 2008 **Brand:** mercedes lackey **Price:** 43011₫ **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fortune's Fool (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – March 18, 2008 by mercedes lackey - **How much does it cost?** 43011₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/25034505-fortunes-fool-tales-of-the-five-hundred-kingdoms-book-3) ## Best For - mercedes lackey enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mercedes lackey brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Fortune's Fool (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – March 18, 2008 - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZamRIWbhL.jpg) ![Fortune's Fool (Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, Book 3) Mass Market Paperback – March 18, 2008 - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/415-KiTUX9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ should have known I'd love it! *by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016* I love Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series, but was avoiding buying the Five Hundred Kingdoms books as I was reluctant to get started with yet another rewritten fairy tale - but I ended up buying this one by accident (it wasn't listed as being a part of the series) and was so well pleased with it that I purchased all the other available books in the series.This isn't just a rewrite of a fairy tale to make it into another version of the same thing - this is a series of books written in a world view that is uniquely driven by The Tradition (a force that is both natural and magical, which attempts to create the circumstances that ensure stories follow the templates expected, stories acted out by the people that live in the various kingdoms of this world).This particular book explains how The Tradition works better than the others, and goes into more detail about it and how the fairy tales, stories, legends, and various other components 'feed' The Tradition to create the circumstances that allow it to pressure the people in the Five Hundred Kingdoms into following the expected plots - and how they can be manipulated to change the plots.People can move between kingdoms, and in each kingdom The Tradition is a little bit different or, in some cases, a LOT different. Therefore, the fairy tales become intermingled with stories from a variety of backgrounds, and the books are therefore anything but a cookie cutter repeat of the fairy tales they get their starting point from.Add in magic, godmothers (that are far from the godmothers we would expect), a little fighting, a bit of romance, hard work rewarded by more hard work, villains that aren't villains, heroes that aren't heroes, and the inevitable moral - and the only thing that was in any of these stories that I actually expected was the moral, which usually wasn't the moral the original fairy tale laid out.While each book in the series builds on material from previous installments, they are easily stand alone books. I read this one first. It was from somewhere in the middle of the available books in the series, and mentioned characters or activities from earlier installments, but I didn't realize it until I read the earlier books that they were characters with stories of their own. Later books mention more from the earliest ones, but not enough that you would be lost if you read the last one first.This book is also part of a box set, so if you think you may be interested in more than one book in the series, I would suggest buying the boxed set instead of this one.I should have known that Mercedes Lackey would not give us a poorly executed storyline, and only wish I had read this series sooner! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice juggling act *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018* Sweet little romance between a Seventh Son (of the Tsar of Led Belarus) and a Seventh Daughter (of the Sea King), both Fortunate Fools. It's a little difficult to figure out what this one started out as, since it develops massive fairytale-motif pileup fairly quickly and then keeps piling on. One of the plot threads is a sort of follow-up to the first novel, "The Fairy Godmother", showing where that Katschei came from and what moved into its abandoned castle - but you have to be paying attention, because there are a dozen other things going on at the same time. Some other characters from earlier books are mentioned, and a few make actual on-page appearances. Somehow it all keeps rolling on more or less smoothly and doesn't all come crashing down. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A disappointment compared to the rest in the series. *by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020* I love the 500 kingdoms books. I love the fairy godmother and what a hard-working woman she is. I enjoy how they spend the tradition and try and use it to benefit them instead of push them into a story they don't want to enact. But this book just seemed trite and overdone.The whole point of the tradition is that not many people know about it and it seems like everyone knows about it and tries to use it. Everybody seems to know their role in the tradition, and work it to their benefit. It just seemed too neat and simple. Kind of a day of a deus ex machina feeling from beginning to end. Quite a few interesting parts but as a whole it just didn't quite suit I'll live up to the expectations I have for other books in the series. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/25034505-fortunes-fool-tales-of-the-five-hundred-kingdoms-book-3](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/25034505-fortunes-fool-tales-of-the-five-hundred-kingdoms-book-3) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-06-05*