Young Tiercel Rolfort is studying Ancient History.  When his reading reveals a system of High Magic he has never heard of before, Tyr tries to cast a spell . . . and sets his bedroom on fire. 

Harrier Gillain, son of the Harbormaster, has been hauling Tyr out of scrapes since he was three years old.  When Tyr decides to seek help from the Elves, Harrier knows he’ll have to go along and make sure Tyr doesn’t burn down the whole forest. 

Wild Mage Bisochim has discovered that the Balance between Light and Dark has shifted too far toward the Light.  He chooses to return Darkness to the world—a delicate and dangerous undertaking.  To the Mage’s shock, his first attempt at conjuring Darkness is thwarted.  Bisochim now has not only a mission, but an Enemy.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory first teamed up to write The Obsidian Trilogy, set in a wondrous world filled with magical beings, competing magic systems, and a titanic struggle between good and evil.  That world proved so popular with creators and readers alike that Lackey and Mallory have returned to it with The Phoenix Unchained, Book One of The Enduring Flame, the opening volume of a new epic fantasy trilogy.  Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory are the coauthors of The Outstretched Shadow, To Light a Candle, and When Darkness Falls. 

Lackey’s other popular series include the Valdemar series, the Bardic Voices series, and the Halfblood Chronicles, the last cowritten with the late Andre Norton.  Lackey lives in Oklahoma with her husband, writer and artist Larry Dixon.

Mallory’s other works include the Merlin trilogy.  He lives in upstate New York.