Rating: Summary: FANTASTIC!!! Review: ... A must read for any Dragonlance fan. This book covers the history of Krynn and I am not kidding! There is so much information in this book and it's an easy read. You love the anticipation of the upcoming Dragon battles. But, if you read this book before any other Dragonlance book, well let's say that the last few chapters spoil the Chronocles plots. But read this fantastic book!
Rating: Summary: addictive and awe-inspiring Review: after reading most of the dragonlance books, i saw this one on the shelf of the book store. I love dragons so i bought it. It was my favorite so far. it has love, magic, and battle. What more do you want?
Rating: Summary: Simply Amazing!!! Review: BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER...IF YOU HAVE NOT READ "THE LEGEND OF HUMA" AND "THE KAGONESTI" DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!! YOU WILL MISS ALLOT OF STUFF IF YOU DO NOT READ THOSE OTHER TWO BOOKS FIRST!!Ok, that being said, let me get to the "meat and potatoes" of this amazing book. It begins several thousand years before the first "Dragon War", the second "Dragon War" and the "War of the Lance"...not to mention before the "Cataclysm" also. This is the story of the dragons of "Paladine", and of course those of "Tahakisis". Spanning multiple generations of dragons and thousands of years it follows the life, death, and epic struggles of the dragons. You can really see how their individual victories, and losses greatly affected the lesser people's of "Krynn". A victory of a single Silver dragon could shape millenia of peace on the land, while a dark victory meant millenia of death and terror. You can really see how close the dark queen really came to winning the dragon wars, and the war of the lance. It also goes into detail how the gods cast their lots into the battles so that evil would be defeated, and how they were punished for bringing back the powerful spell magic back to the land. Now, I had one beef with this book. in "The Legend of Huma", "Huma" fell in love with a female silver, named "GWENNITH"....and of course this was the dragon who loved him, and who he rode in the final battle of the "War of the lance". Now here is the problem: in "Dragons" she is mentioned...and they call her "Heart". How the writer could miss this seemingly small, BUT VERY NOTICEABLE DETAIL, is simply beyond me. Problem 2: In this book they mentioned "Humas Compaings", and conquests..once again THE WRITER OVERLOOKS ANOTHER SMALL, BUT VERY VERY NOTICEABLE DETAIL...Huma was never on any conquest or campaign...from the time he got to the front lines, he was immediately swept into one mishappen adventure to the next, and was only in contact with the rest of the nighthood only a handful of times till his death in the end of "Legend"...HOW COULD HE THEN BE ON ANY CONQUEST OR CAMPAIGN LEADING TROOPS TO VICTORY OR GLORY WHEN HE WAS NEVER AROUND THEM??? This brings me to a point repeated over and over...AUTHORS NEED TO READ EACH OTHERS WORK SO THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THESE KIND OF MISTAKES. If you can see past thses flaws, then don't miss this book. It is amazing!! A true epic, a crown jewel in the DL series.. But thats my opinion, I could be wrong... -Jon
Rating: Summary: Very good storyline Review: Gave insight into the birth of the dragons and how they interacted with Krynn over time
Rating: Summary: A must for any true dragonlover! Review: I have read several DragonLance novels and enjoyed them immensely. When I picked up a copy of The Dragons, however, I was acting as a dragonlover, rather than a fan of the series. It is an epic about good versus evil, and provides a unique opportunity to study and get to know several dragons from their earliest days as disoriented hatchlings, to their last, as majestic beasts, sailing the skies that are theirs by birthright. The Dragons, written by Douglas Niles, is a must for any tru dragonlover!
Rating: Summary: It terrific. I isn't good at english, but was good. Review: I like
Rating: Summary: Very good storyline Review: I loved this book. ANYONE who loves dragons at all will likely view this book as I do. This is probably the book that got me reading any Dragonlance book I could find. I don't think I'll ever understand how Niles is able to take a reader and make them see things from his chacaters' perspective. The personalities of each individual dragon, as well as the attitudes of a particular color of dragon make this book worth reading by themselves. The fiesty Blaze, contemplative Aurican, talkative Smelt, and excitable Darlantan are probably the most memorable characters I've read about. The book starts off at about 8500 years before the Cataclysm and goes on till about 321 years after the Cataclysm. It tends to focus on the silvers(Darlantan, Callak, and Lectral) and reds(Crematia, Deathfyre, and Tombfyre) while shunting the other colors of dragonkind off to the side except for maybe the golds. But the intricacies of the main characters' personalities more than make up for this. For those of you who are still incredulous, buy the book for yourself and read it.
Rating: Summary: Better than just about anything! Review: I loved this book. ANYONE who loves dragons at all will likely view this book as I do. This is probably the book that got me reading any Dragonlance book I could find. I don't think I'll ever understand how Niles is able to take a reader and make them see things from his chacaters' perspective. The personalities of each individual dragon, as well as the attitudes of a particular color of dragon make this book worth reading by themselves. The fiesty Blaze, contemplative Aurican, talkative Smelt, and excitable Darlantan are probably the most memorable characters I've read about. The book starts off at about 8500 years before the Cataclysm and goes on till about 321 years after the Cataclysm. It tends to focus on the silvers(Darlantan, Callak, and Lectral) and reds(Crematia, Deathfyre, and Tombfyre) while shunting the other colors of dragonkind off to the side except for maybe the golds. But the intricacies of the main characters' personalities more than make up for this. For those of you who are still incredulous, buy the book for yourself and read it.
Rating: Summary: I rank it with the Chronicles Review: I read this book a couple of years ago and I still vividly remember every aspect. In fact, it was one of my first DragonLance books,and when I dove in, the plot and story was fantastic. The reason I picked up this book was because I just love everything about dragons: their majesty, grace and sheer power. I especially liked Patersmith,which you could find out more abot in The Last Thane, and Lectral.
Rating: Summary: Dragon Heaven Review: If you're wondering how things are with the dragon race of Krynn, then this book is all your answers in one! While reading other books in the series you may wonder what's going on in the background with the dragons. Well, this book will tell you everything about the dragons of Krynn. Its really cool to see the story of Krynn through a dragon's point of view!
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