Guild Mage: The Mountain Queen

Guild Mage #7

by David Niemitz

"I will be your sword and shield."

Livara tär Valtteri is now Queen of Whitehill, and the army of Lucania is broken. But across the ocean to the west, in Varuna, the Vædic Lady of Blood's forces stand ready to protect their risen goddess - and the Mages Guild is broken.

Magic alone won't be enough to lead the disparate factions of the Alliance to victory. To do that, Liv will have to become more than a mage.

She'll have to become the Mountain Queen.

Genres: Fantasy

558 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 17, 2026

About the author

Dave Niemitz is a writer and teacher; he lives with his wife, son, a black cat named Charlie, and a Pug named Duncan.

Reviews

[Cal · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a relatively slow and not very compelling follow follow up to book 6. I’d given 5 stars to each of the first 6 books but somehow couldn’t get into this one. It wasn’t terrible, it just wasn’t that good and lacked a lot of what made the series work for me. Too many jarring POV switches. Slow pacing and tedious details.

[David Scoins · Rating 3 out of 5]

uncertain.

I put this down several times, having read nothing but this series in order. More errors than books 1&2; things that I thought failed before continued - that’s a plus for consistency ; more politics and less warfare - also balancing the scales. So mixed feelings. Going on to what I expect to be the last one….

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

Another amazing entry, looking forward to the next one. A lot of plot is set up in this book and a lot of world building is setting for something great in the next book.