The Silver Gryphon
The Mage Wars trilogy, Book 3
Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
A dozen years of peace have passed in the city of White Gryphon, providing well-deserved and much-needed security for the people who lost their homes in the magical Cataclysm that killed the Mage Urtho, creator of the gryphons.
While Skandranon and Amberdrake settle down into comfortable middle age, an elite warrior force, the Silver Gryphons, has been formed to protect the city - a force that Skandranon's son Tadrith and Amberdrake's daughter Silverblade, showing rebellious streaks, have joined.
Following two long, hard years of training, Tad and Blade are given the difficult assignment of occupying a remote guard post reachable only across miles of unknown territory. On the way, a strange force drains Tad's magic powers. So, alone, injured, and desperate, Tad and Blade find themselves beset by wyrsa, dreadful mage-created hybrid creatures who have the power to absorb magic.
400 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1997