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Summary: Novel doesn't quite fit in(Caution very very slight spoiler)
Review: When I heard that Weis and Hickman had released a new novel detailing the times after the fifth age, I was at the very least excited. Maybe it was the lack of action, or the inconclusive ending, but either way this novel left me wondering whether or not I want to read the rest of this series. I have read all of the "Dragons of..." books and this one really did not fit in. I can count on one hand the number of action sequences. And a jumpy story line made it quite hard at times to stay interested. The novel takes a very long time to get going, and once it does it flows like molasses. Don't get me wrong, Weis and Hickman make an extradordinary writing team, but it seems they didn't know how to end this one.(Goldmoon underwater with a gnome? come on) On a brighter note it was good to see some old heroes like Tas, Caramon, and Goldmoon come into the picture.
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Summary: The Return to the Lance
Review: After reading the Chronicles series, this book is a wonderful return to Krynn and a new set of characters with wonderful tie-ins to familiar faces. The War of the Souls is off to an epic start. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, as always, are a team well worth remembering. They have just proven it once more in this well written, engaging novel.
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Summary: Another Great Book in the Dragonlance Series
Review: I am an occasional reader of the series. I have read the Chronicles and Twins series and an occasional other Dragonlance book. Overall, I highly recommend Dragons of a Fallen Sun.This book is more plot driven vice character focused. This is in contrast with some of the other books in the series which concentrate on one character. Weis and Hickman still present interesting moral dilemmas for their characters. Expect to see "good" characters making poor decisions and noble "evil" characters perform heroic acts. This authors' view is demonstrated when Lauarna states that she has seen "...good arise from the blackest swamp." Additionally, Weis and Hickman provide ample social commentary regarding isolationism. I enjoyed this book better than Dragons of Summer Flame and am looking forward to the next installment!
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Summary: Finally the real Dragonlance is BACK!!
Review: I loved this book and while I was saddened by certian events, I was expecting as much. Weis and Hickman are the TRUE gods of Krynn. While the development in the story and characters wasn't as it was in the "gods" previous Dragonlance books, they were still great. Some will groan when they read into a few chapters of the book, at the appearance of a certian Kender, and others we be happy that he is there to liven things up. The other orignal characters are every bit as enjoyable as they were before, and for those who loved Raistlin, they are sure to like the "new" Palin. The new characters are great as well, although a few will take most of the story to actually like. Some reviewers say that Raistlin will most likely not appear in this series, I beg to differ, if he were not to make an appearance, or make a big impact in the future novels, then why would Caramon be SOOOO worried that Raistlin is not there, when he clearly states that "everyone" else is, before he passes. Then he sends Tas and Gerard off to find out why and what is wrong. This book also sets off to put in a new god, The One True God. In my oppinon I don't think the "new" god is really all that new, whether the god is some really powerful old dead mage, Fistandandulas anyone, or someone else who never "really" died, Raistlin, i don't know. Although I don't think the person can truely be someone who was all evil, as the book reveals the the "new" god is not really evil. Well for any and all Dragonlance fans, YOU NEED TO READ THIS ONE. Excellent book everyone!!!!!
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Summary: Worth reading
Review: This book wasn't quite as good as some of their others, but it was still very good. More importantly, it was enjoyable to read - and that's the reason we all buy books like this! I've seen some criticisms of this book regarding character development, but let's think about that for a moment - after a bunch of books and thousands of pages you're bound to know the characters better (both as the author and the reader) than you do after one book. You certainly don't know everything about someone a week after meeting them, do you? Anyway, I do have to say that I'm unsure as to whether there should have been more resolution at the end of this book. On the one hand, it just feels good to see a conclusion. On the other hand, this book is part of a much larger story that might be damaged by having convenient dropoffs in the action to mark one "book" from the next. My favorite characters were Gilthas and Gerard. We didn't get to see a lot of Gilthas, but I'm sure we'll see lots more of him in the next tome. Tas is a wonderful sidekick to any story - maybe John Grisham ought to ask permission to use him in his next dry, "oh, hey, here's another book about lawyers" book (I loved "The Firm", "The Client", and "The Pelican Brief", but after that...ugh). This One True God is very intriguing, but I sure hope he doesn't let the Neraka knights go and slaughter all the Silvanesti. I somehow don't think he will, because Mina told Silvan something to the effect that she was going to help him save his people, and she doesn't lie (or at least we've been given to believe that she doesn't). I'm sure that magic will resurface soon, because you just can't have a Dragonlance series in which magic doesn't play a big part - it's impossible (I checked). And when the magic does come back ... look out. Palin might even start to smile again. One last thing - the editors ought to have their hands slapped. There were WAY too many typos and left-out words, and even one instance where "Qualinesti" was used where "Silvanesti" should have been. I've written myself, so I know that it's very hard for the author to catch all of these minor errors amidst the author editing and rewrites. If they would have had just one good editor go thought the "final" copy completely one time, they would have caught almost everything. But I'm probably making too big of a deal about this... Read this book!
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Summary: Still a bit undecided...
Review: As one of the few people who marginally enjoyed Fifth Age, I was excited to hear that Weis and Co. were coming back to rewrite Krynn. However, I may have set my expectations too high. As with a lot of the reviews here, I found the characterization to be minimal at best. While there are some shining examples here and there, the plot setup that Weis used (story segment A, story segment B, story segment C, story segment A, story segment B, story segment C, etc.) did leave a bit on inconsistancy. There were few chapters in the novel that were back-to-back. The plot is mainly well written and clear but as with any reference to time-travel, may leave the reader a bit fuddled. Tas makes a return to Krynn again and I am not quite sure if that is a good thing or not. While I enjoy the kender's antics immensly, it nags at me that Weis has to default back to the kender time and time again. New characters are hard to create (Blister...groan) but Weis and Hickman did a good job of creating other central characters to relate to. Gerard has to be the best of them as all his actions come from the heart, not based on his looks. While this is the first time that I have encountered Silvan, I feel he leaves a bit to be desired especially towards the end of the novel. All in all, a good 550 page book but be warned however that from pages 1 to 500 is all story setup. The last 50 pages are where the real meat of the story shine. Also, as another reviewer stated before, I have the premonition that the authors are going to revert everything back to 4th age or something akin to it. Moving ahead is the logical thing to do and while 5th age presently hasn't done much for the hearts of DL fans, it has taken the first baby steps. Great job though! I can't wait for the next installment.
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Summary: Must read for all old-school Dragonlance fans.
Review: This was the book's main message: Weisandhickman: "We're soooo, so so so so so very sorry... we screwed up, honest. We'll never do that again. To prove it, we'll pull out some interesting plot and timeline gimmicks, via Tas (That scamp, yeah, we're throwing him in too! Did we mention we're sorry...?) and make it all better." But, I liked it... I haven't had a good DL mystery to wait for in such a long time. I like how W&H have repaired the damage done by other authors (koffkoffkoffRABEkoff... koff), actually giving depth to characters, giving us a feel for not only their struggles, but how those struggles have affected them. The people and relationships aren't saccharine.... not all the couples live happily ever after. I am particularly pleased to see Palin gain some darker depth, since he is *supposed* to have so much of Raistlin of him which we've seen nil evidence of, so far. And Goldmoon! Finally a fantasy novel that deals with the fact that being immortal has horrible aspects too, I loved that! I look forward to seeing how the Joan-of-Arc-esque Mina character turns out, and what's behind her; I am itching for it to have a somewhat similar end for her, mentally, as the movie "The Messenger" did. The drain of the "ghosts" is an interesting facet, too... DL never gave their undeads much personality, except for Soth; they avoided ghosts and undead beasties (and that was to their advantage in the past, IMHO) and I'm wondering if we'll start seeing more of that... WotC changes in TSR AD&D games reflected in the literature... hunh. The book could have used a touch more editing. W&H try a new style, hopping from one storyline and perspective to give you a global (well, continental) view at the same points on the timeline ("meanwhile, back in Silvanesti..."). You can tell they are still trying to work this out; they learned their lesson with the early Chronicles, trying to maintain large groups in different storylines. Once they work out the kinks, this will be an efficient way to handle so many plotlines that will very nicely converge into something terrific. Old-school Krynn fans must read; you'll be left trembling with anticipation. Most of us are attuned to W&H enough to tell when they're setting up something bigbigBIG -- not to mention if you go to the Wizards of the Coast website and look up the chat log where Weis is talking about "The Soulforge," she discusses the War of Souls project, implyinh it will include a possible return of the gods and Krynnish-magic. They are re-remaking the world into a D&D-style world, perfect for D&D-style campaign tales -- and frankly, that's what I look for in Dragonlance; that is the mastery of books that W&H put out; no matter how many other people put books out under the title of Dragonlance (Jeff Grubb's my secondary favourite!), who is our real authority for the DL books? That's right, W&H. And I confess, in part, I gave it a four because I miss Raistlin. :)
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Now I am a seasoned Dragonlance fan who has loved every book of the series that I have read. This book was one of my favorites except how the change all the characters personalities. Like Palin Majere who becomes cold and dark and used to be loving also Caramon whonow becomes wise and more complex than the Chronicles and Raistlin made him out to be. One good thing is that the Solamnic Knights are still as valiant and noble as Sturm and Steel Brightblade's death taught them to be. To all the Dragonlance fans out there ~Est Salurus Oth Mithras~
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Summary: Back into the Magic
Review: Ever since my friend Chad gave me a copy of the Dragonlance Chronicles, I have not had more than two hours of sleep each night. These books combine a serious and gripping storyline with some side-splitting comedic relief. However, I was not happy with the newer fifth age trilogy by Jean Rabe. It all just did not seem true to the Dragonlance style of storytelling. The kender didn't act like kender for crying out loud! At last Weis and Hickman stepped in and took control. And did they ever do a good job! I Loved how they took the elements of the fifth age trilogy and made them a presentable background. If you are a Dragonlance fan your collection isn't complete without this fine title.
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Summary: Yes, this is a must for DL fans of olde
Review: All I can say is, Thanks Tracy and Margrett for returning us to Krynn again and bringing us back to new friends in old, in a tale that ranks up with the original series. The tale and adventure is once again brought life back to the world that is Dragonlance. The unique style of two writers weaving the tale is once again proved to bring about a very eliquent storyline. A must read for Fantasy fans.
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