Merlin Book 3: The Raging Fires

{{Short description | Fantasy novel about Merlin battling raging fires}}

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{{Infobox book |

| name = Merlin Book 3: The Raging Fires

| title_orig = The Fires of Merlin

| translator =

| image = Merlin_Book_3_The_Raging_Fires_Cover_Image.jpg

| caption = Merlin Book 3: The Raging Fires Cover

| author = T. A. Barron

| illustrator = Larry Rostant

| cover_artist = Tony Sahara

| country = U.S.A.

| language = English

| series = Merlin Saga

| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Penguin

| release_date = 1998

| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 261 pp (hardcover edition)

| isbn = 0-399-23020-3

| congress= PZ7.B27567 Fi 1998

| oclc= 38090925

| preceded_by = Merlin Book 2: The Seven Songs

| followed_by = Merlin Book 4: The Mirror of Fate

| website = [http://tabarron.com/books/novels/merlin/the-raging-fires/ The Raging Fires]

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The Raging Fires is a fantasy novel by T. A. Barron originally published by Penguin in 1998.{{Cite web |date=1998-09-01 |title=The Fires of Merlin |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Fires-of-Merlin-T-A-Barron/pid=1050704 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Booklist}} The Raging Fires is the third book in a 12-book series known as The Merlin Saga. This book was originally published as The Fires of Merlin, book three of The Lost Years of Merlin epic, a 5-book series providing a childhood story for the legendary Merlin, wizard of Arthurian legend.

Wings of Fire, the once-sleeping dragon, now threatens Fincayra with his raging fury. Merlin, whose magical powers are new and unproven, is the only one who can stop him - though it could cost the young wizard his life.

Before facing the dragon's fires, Merlin must confront several others: the dreaded kreelixes, who live to devour magic; the mysterious Wheel of Wye; the sorceress Domnu, who holds the treasured Galator; and perhaps most importantly and most challenging, those fires within himself.