Enduring Flame

A second trilogy written by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, set a thousand years after the events of The Obsidian Trilogy. Kellen and Idalia are worshiped as religious figures, and High Magic is long gone. However, Tiercel Rolfot and his friend Harrier Gillain embark on the adventure of their lives when Tiercel discovers he is a High Mage. Meanwhile, in a far-off desert, a Wildmage named Bisochim comes to believe that the world is out of balance without darkness. He formulates plans to bring back the dark, against the wishes of his bonded dragon, Saravasse.