80s/90s fantasy novel w/ 2 teenage boy heroes, 1 rides dragons, other is mage? defeat evil mage holding dragon captive?
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1frontlineheroes
Looking for some books I loved in jr. high/high school, though I don't know if they were YA specific. This would have been in the late 80s, or early 90s. I believe there were two novels, both quite hefty.
Basic plot elements that I recall:
- one of the boys is a dragon rider of some sort. There might be an element of a permanent bond. (No, not Eragon, nor Pern.)
- the other boy starts out as a sidekick, but I think ultimately discovers he has magical powers, or becomes a mage of some kind.
- they are traveling south; landscape is desertlike
- at one point they seek refuge in an abandoned underground city, and I think that they are with a group of nomads, or run into a group of nomads who are also hiding there
- there is an evil mage or leader guy who is holding his dragon somewhat hostage - she didn't realize he would be so evil, so she stays away from him, but must come to him when he calls?
- at some point the two boys are on their way back north and there is a battle in a stone city; fire figures heavily in my memory of it
I really loved this book, and I'm hoping someone will recognize it! I may have conflated some elements -- I have read a LOT of fantasy novels in my time, lol -- but I'm pretty sure these are correct.
Basic plot elements that I recall:
- one of the boys is a dragon rider of some sort. There might be an element of a permanent bond. (No, not Eragon, nor Pern.)
- the other boy starts out as a sidekick, but I think ultimately discovers he has magical powers, or becomes a mage of some kind.
- they are traveling south; landscape is desertlike
- at one point they seek refuge in an abandoned underground city, and I think that they are with a group of nomads, or run into a group of nomads who are also hiding there
- there is an evil mage or leader guy who is holding his dragon somewhat hostage - she didn't realize he would be so evil, so she stays away from him, but must come to him when he calls?
- at some point the two boys are on their way back north and there is a battle in a stone city; fire figures heavily in my memory of it
I really loved this book, and I'm hoping someone will recognize it! I may have conflated some elements -- I have read a LOT of fantasy novels in my time, lol -- but I'm pretty sure these are correct.
2Morphidae
It's the Enduring Flame trilogy starting with The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory.
The year is off though.
The year is off though.
3frontlineheroes
Wow - that is so weird! I must be mixing two series together then... because I specifically remember being in junior high or early high school, but I definitely read the Enduring Flame series. And you'd think that I'd remember something from just a few years ago. lol. The first thing to go is the mind!!!!
