It was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman with cover art by Larry Elmore.
The books are published by Bantam Spectra, the science fiction division of Random House.
[1] Each book of the trilogy reached the New York Times best seller list.
Forging the Darksword reached 15 on the New York Times bestseller list on December 27, 1987.
[4] Triumph of the Darksword reached 12 on the New York Times bestseller list on August 21, 1988.