Tonight, I finished reading Sunrunner’s Fire by Melanie Rawn.  It’s the third book in the Dragon Prince trilogy.

Just like its predecessors, Dragon Prince and The Star Scroll, Sunrunner’s Fire has earned a place as one of my favorite books.  Also, just like its predecessors, the story has elements for everyone, such as romance, adventure, fantasy, and conflict.  I found the story to be riveting from beginning to end.

One of the reasons I loved Sunrunner’s Fire is that it’s the end of the trilogy, so most of the events that had been brewing during the trilogy finally came to an end.  The diarmadh’im had a more central role in the story, which I thought was very interesting as I learned more about their powers and saw a glimpse of the reason for their hatred of the faradh’im.  I also loved watching the events in the lives of the characters, especially Rohan’s and Sioned’s, play out.

As I started to read Sunrunner’s Fire, I knew Melanie Rawn had written a second trilogy, Dragon Star, that followed Pol’s life rather than Rohan’s, Pol’s father.  So, I didn’t expect that all of the conflict to get resolved.  By the end of Sunrunner’s Fire, Rawn has laid the ground work for the events in the Dragon Star trilogy to flourish into its own story.  Luckily, there was enough of a sense of closure that I don’t have to start the second trilogy immediately.

Here is the summary on the back of the book:

It began with the discovery of the Star Scroll, the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery, the only surviving record of the ancient foe who in times past had nearly destroyed the Sunrunners and their magic.  Now, as Andry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, begins to master this potentially deadly knowledge, while Pol, son of High Prince Rohan, seeks to touch the minds of dragons, the long-vanquished enemy is mobilizing to strike again, drawing on forbidden lore to play an ever-shifting game of treachery and betrayal–and secretly infiltrating even the most strongly protected of citadels.

And soon, Pol, Andry, Rohan, his Sunrunner wife Sioned, and all whom they hold dear will find it hard to tell friend from foe as spell of wars threaten to devastate the land–and dragons soar the skies, inexorably lured by magic’s fiery call….