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The Cycle of Fire is a trilogy of books consisting of Stormwarden (1984), The Keeper of the Keys (1986) and Shadowfane (1988).

Premise
The plot begins with Flash Gordon and his son Rick escaping from Ming the Merciless. Ming has exhausted all the natural resources of his home planet Mongo and has set his sights on Earth. Flash's wife (Dale Arden in the Marvel comic) is captured and Ming tries to brainwash her. She resists to the point of death.