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Summary: Good Book!
Review: When I bought this book, it was because I had nothing else, and this was a desparate plea for entertainment. The beginning was slow at first, but I believe in the long run it was necessary in order to develope a steady plot and setting. Not the best book I've read, but that is just because my favorite books are some of the other Death Gate novels. In other words; read this book, because by the end of the Seventh book, you're going to be VERY pleased!
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Summary: Dragon Wing (Death Gate Cycle, Vol. 1)
Review: Bestselling fantasy authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (The Dragonlance Chronicles) have created an epic fantasy saga telling a compelling story of sundered worlds, magic, war and friendship, reminding readers, yound and old alike, the universal message of tolerance and its importance.Millenia ago, on earth, during an age of dust, long after the human race as we know it had dwindled and died out, human sorcerers with the powers of gods battled for control of the earth and the weaker Mensch races - elves, humans and dwarves. The Sartan, wizards of light, fought to keep the world from falling into the hands of their opponents, the ruthless and cruel Patryns. When all seemed lost, in a desperate attempt to create a new order, the Sartan sundered the old planet earth into four elemental worlds: Air, Fire, Stone and Water. Into these realms they have removed those Mensch people who have survived the cataclysmic sundering, in order to start a new life for everyone there forever. The Sartan have used their powers to imprison the Patryns in a deadly, ever-changing prison world: the Labyrinth. Then, they themselves have retired to live in the new worlds and watch over the Mensch races. Now, millenia afterwards, the Patryns have begun to break free of the Labyrinth. Xar, the mighty Patryn lord, was the first one to cross the Labyrinth's final gate into the twilight realm of the Nexus, a beautiful haven planned by the Sartan for the use of those Patryns "rehabilitated" by the Labyrinth. Xar promptly takes up the legacy of the Patryn race: the goal of world domination. The young Patryn Haplo is sent by his lord to tour each realm and report the situation of the worlds, while trying to further warring among the Mensch races. Haplo must also search for traces of the Sartan, whether they are still living in the four worlds, but he must not make it known to them that their ancient enemies are freed of their prison. The first realm is Arianus, realm of Air. A world of floating islands made of coral rock, where water is scarce and constant war is raged between humans and elves, while dwarves, living in the lower regions of the world, act as caretakes of an island-sized machine with a mysterious purpose, the wonderous Kicksey-winsey. In this world, Haplo and his faithful dog will meet Bane, the crafty ten-year-old human prince who is much more than he seems. Hugh the Hand, the assassin travelling with the prince, who was actually hired to murder the boy. Limbeck, the inquisitive, nearsighted dwarf who searches for the truth among the myths and ignorance of his people, slaving under an inoperative machine. Limbeck's fretful girlfriend, the dwarf-woman Jarre. And Alfred, Prince Bane's clumsy, apologetic chamberlain, whose constant fainting and bumbling about show him to be a weak old man... or is he?
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Summary: One of the most awesome series ever written!!!!!
Review: Tolkienn's work is my first exposure to fantasy series. Weis and Hickman's my second. I am not overatting this series when i say that it is comparable to the Lord of the Rings. Very engrossing! Finish each book in 2 days or less!! Replete with lively and interesting characters, amazing plot, Weis and Hickman's creativity is superb. Gota read it!!!!!
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Summary: Great beginning to the Death Gate Cycle
Review: Dragon Wing is a great introduction to the Death Gate Cycle. Maragaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to world building to a whole new level when they wrote the Death Gate Cycle. They have demonstrated their sheer imagination and skill as they wrote this book. The book starts off slow but that is only because you have not become acquainted with everything yet. There was an interesting array of characters in which they all had complex and unusual backgrounds. The setting of the book was the most unique part of the book.The stage is set on the floating islands of the world Arianus. The climax of the book was a major disappointment, but the following books more than make up for this let down. If you like the Dragonlance Saga then this is more than worth your while to read!
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Summary: Great Series!!!!
Review: I picked up this book at a Barnes and Noble bookseller close to me thinking it might be an okay book. I started reading it and before I knew it I had the whole series done and was wishing that their were more books to add to my collection. If you like fantasy/adventure books then this is a good book to read. It starts off a little bit on the boring side but once you get about 3 pages in the adventure starts and it doesn't stop until the last book.
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Summary: Let Your Imagination Take Flight
Review: The book,"Dragon Wing" is about a boy named Haplo who is sent from the Low Realm to bring back 2 people to preach his master's word, and one to serve as a dicsiple. It took me a while to get into the book, but once I did, I couldn't put it down.(During school I had to though.) This book is filled to the brim with fantasy, adventure, and suspense. A couple of times I lost cried for the characters. I feel that if more people read this book, they would like it as much as I did.....Maybe more. I don't know about you, but I'm not a person who likes to be told everything about a book, especially the ending. If you tell someone the end, what's the point of reading the whole book? Well, I will leave you with that. Have fun reading it if you choose to read "Dragon Wing" by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hicman.
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Summary: the best
Review: this is by far the best series that weis and hickman have written. haplo is one of the most interesting characters that i have ever read about. the different forms of magic and how they are used are really neat. and the fact that all of the worlds are so different but all depending on each other is really cool. it was one of those series that you just can't put down. i highly recomend this series to anyone who is a fan of fantasy novels.
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Summary: A very good, complicated, but easy to read series
Review: This is the start to a series that has easily become my favorite series that I have ever read. Though I thought Dragonlance was very good I would easily say this is much better. Dragonlance was a good series but it still was based on a Tolkienish world. This series is one of the few that breaks away from Tolkien and goes along its own storyline with a totally new world. But this is not the only reason I loved this book. I have read th series twice at least, and through the second reading I noticed subtle things I didn't notice in the first that allude to stuff that is important later in the series. This happens from the very first book, I really enjoy the fact this was so well planned out. In fact, I enjoy this book I've read it two times at least, and probably will read it again (though given some time so it isn't fresh in my memory). They also try to make everything work in this world. What I mean by this is they have set rules and thye work the book within them. They have songs in the back of the book with music tablature and even essays on stuff like how magic works. while you don't have to read these extras in the back they add a lot to the understanding of what's going on. I appreciate the fact they are so thorough in the making of this world. The series also is very much one that makes you think about the ideas postulated in it. while they are not totally origianl, they are put in an original way and in this way it makes them original. This isn't just a story to read for the fun of it, this was a viewpoint made by the auther. What I mean by this is that just ccause it's fiction doesn't mean it's not a statement on our world. Any good fiction will have something to say about our state of things, and this series definitely has something to say. I think and hope this will become as big a classic as Tolkien's book because it deserves to be. It is almost as detailed and alnog with that Wies pays more attention to characters and actually making them real people (where as tolkien the characters just fit their part in the book). Personally, I think DeathGate was done much better than Lord of the Rings (which seems to be the standard for fantasy). Lord of the Rings was good but it definitely had some problems (though mainly with how he treats the characters... they're not real people, just players in a story of fate. I guess I like my books to personalize the characters too).
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Summary: Delightful.....
Review: Compared to many fantasy books, Dragon Wing of Death Gate cycle is very different,complex and original.... It's very different from other work of Weis like Dragonlance or Nightshield. This book take place in a world where the Patryn (a human race) and one guy ( Haplo ) who is summoned by his lord because he must go in the world of sky,or I should say in this existantial plane ( because there is four world: sky, stone, water and fire) to create chaos before the arrival of his darklord in the world of sky. And then the story take place in the Sky plane of the Death Gate when an assassin is summoned by a King to kill his own heir because he is not the real son of the king ( he have been change one night by a Mysteriarch, this one being the most powerful of his kind and want to control the Mid realm - because the race of the mysteriarchs have hide long ago in the High realm to let there blood pure and didn't want to see their power diminish with non-wizard human blood - ) And then you have the Low Realm where the dwarf people live fooled by elves who have make them think that they are gods and then Haplo arrive in the low realm and make a rebellion with the dwarves who are very angry to know that elves ( they call them Welves ) are false gods and then Haplo make chaos like he wants.... Well, i don't want to give you the rest of the story because it is not interesting to read a book that you know all the story.... I've never seen a story so well-developped in a while The story does not contain many fight but you must understand that this is the first book of a serie of seven and with a complex world like this, you must well place the world before putting action and i'm sure it will make the story stronger in the other books of the Death Gate Cycle... The story have is own originality because they invent many words and it's making the book more agreeable.... Complex and delightful...five on five! With this book ( or maybe the whole Death Gate cycle - i'm reading the second now ), Margaret show us that she can make many good and strong books of fantasy.
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Summary: Great Start to the Death Gate Series
Review: Weis and Hickman created a great novel for the Death Gate Series. This first novel takes place on Arianus, in which there are three realms(low, middle and high). In these three realms, the main inhabitants are humans, elves, and dwarves, who are confined to the lower realm. Humans and elves habitate the middle realm, while the dwarves live solely on the lower realm. In these realms, there are islands of land that float in the air. There is no land forms found on the ground. This realm is known as the Realm of Air. The novel starts with the hiring of a human assassin to eliminate a child. However, in the assassins journey across the middle realm, he also joins party with the butler of the young child. The butler, assassin, and child end up in the lower realm, where they meet a mysterious human named Haplo. This human is a magician that original walked the world. However, these magicians were imprisoned in a labyrinth by the Sartan, a more powerful type of wizard. Haplo has escaped the labyrinth, and has a job of causing chaos in the world. However, he finds that his mortal enemy, the Sartan, is within his grasp. This is an intriguing novel that starts off very simply, but weaves complexity and detail throughout the novel. It will keep you turning the page, trying to figure out what is going on. It is highly enjoyable.
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