Chronicles of Ynis Aielle is a fantasy trilogy by American author R. A. Salvatore, published between 1990 and 2000. It comprises Echoes of the Fourth Magic (1990), The Witch's Daughter (1991), and Bastion of Darkness (2000).
The first of the trilogy was the first manuscript that R. A. Salvatore submitted to publishers, although not his first to be published. He started writing it in 1982 and completed it in 1987.[1] He created the setting of Ynis Aielle for the novel, which he wrote in longhand by candlelight.[2]