Test of the Twins (Dragonlance Legends, Vol. 3)

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Summary: An excellent book.The enchanting tale of the Dragolance ends
Review: The story of the Dragonlance which started in the Inn of the Last Home under the vallenwoods ends in this wonderful book. Raistlin (Caramon Majere's frail twin) opens the mystical Portal to the Abyss to challenge Takhisis, Queen of Darkness. At the exact same time, his twin Caramon operates the magical time-traveling device. The fields of magic shift and collide sending Caramon and his kender friend, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, are sent into an unknown time and place while Raistlin enters the Abyss. Meanwhile the planet the full continent of Ansolon on the planet Krynn is undergoing one of the most destructive wars ever recorded by Astinus. Tanis Halfelven and Caramon take over a giant flying catedal and had Tasslehof and a gully dwarf fly the catedal to the Tower of High Sorcery. Once there Caramon and Tanis went past Dalamar's guardians (Dalamar- one of the most powerful sorcerers in all of Krynn) to find him laying on the ground after being stabbed by the Dragon Highlord Kitiara (Kitiara is the friend and foe of many people throughout all of the Legends and Chronicles). Caramon enters the Abyss to find Lady Crysiana, a powerful mage, laying on the ground next to a burnt stake. Caramon picks her up and searches for Raistlin which he soon finds. Raistlin nearly kills his brother Caramon but is to injured to do so. So he sends Caramon out of the Portal and stands up to Takhisis. The Queen of Darkness turns into a dragon like creature and kills Raistlin. Lord Soth, death knight of Solamnia, and his forces are defeated by Tanis and Caramon. Tanis returned home as did Caramon with his little kender buddy. When Caramon gets home to his wife Tika, Tasslehof gos into a different part of the house and pulls out his map. Before he does so, he vows his adventuring is over. He looks over his maps and sees a place he hadn't been. He wondered what it was like but remembered his vow. Then he takes out the device and leaves for that city. This is a wonderful book and is definitely worth your time and money to read. Before reading this one read the other Legends if you want to find out who everyone is ahead of time. (there is a little bit of cussing and a lot of violence but is still very good)

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Summary: tugs at your emotions
Review: Before I read the final book in this series, I was angry at how Raistin was treating his brother, Caramon, and the "holy one". He used her for his own benefits, even when he knew that it would end up with her losing her life. However, after I was done with this book, i was sad to read that Raistlin was bound in the Abyss with Takisis (sp), the Dark Queen. Even though Raistin was rejecting the love that he was feeling for and from Caramon, deep down inside he couldn't see his brother and the world dying. With the last effort at righting the wrong, he gave up his "life" to save them, forever sealing him in a world of torture and torment he has to endure in the Abyss, with the Dark Queen tearing his soul apart. Caramon had a difficult time as well when he saw Kitiara dead. She deserved it! She had a black heart all along! She didn't care about who she was hurting. At least Raistlin was "helping" along the way, even though his true reasons were masked. Kitiara ended up with Lord Soth, that serves her to mess with the true heroes!

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Summary: !!!Second Best!!!
Review: Please dont get me wrong with the above statement. The Twins Trilogy is one of the greats of all dragonlance material ever. It was second in my collection only to the Chronicles Trilogy. But if your like most and have been intrigued by either Raistlin, his brother Caramon or just the magic of Krynn alone then get all three of this I promise you wont be dissappointed!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: You know, some of the greatest things about Weis's and Hickman's writings are the emotional content in their stories. This book details the complex interactions between two brothers torn apart by fate and destiny. Unlike some of the other, lesser, Dragonlance books, the Weis and Hickman books are extremely good at exposing the "torment in people's souls", as a good friend of mine once said. The relationships between Raistlin and Caramon, Dalamar and Kitiara and Tanis, and Tanis and Laurana all are extremely well-done, and it can be seen that much thought went into them. There are no easy resolutions to these conflicts and emotional upsets, leading to a poignancy not often seen in this type of story. All the complexities of these relationships between the different characters make the ending of the book that much more satisfying to the reader. Of course, all the standard fantasy elements are polished until they shine, with enough familiar elements mixed with fantastic ones that the entire story is very believable and very good. Unlike some of the other, more juvenile, fantasy stories, this book and its subject matter are decidedly adult, with emotional content mixed very skillfully with fantastic elements. I heartily recommend this book (and of course the first two in the series) to any person. (Note: Reading the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy prior to this one is a good idea, as they occur in chronological order).

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Summary: A great book
Review: This is an excellent way to end the legends trilogy! Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman end the story of the twins with unexpected interest.

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Summary: If you like Dragonlance, you can't beat it.
Review: While I don't think the Dragonlance books are the greatest masterpieces of literature, some of them are really fun to read, including especially the original six by Hickman and Weis (the Chronicles and Legends trilogies). I can honestly say that this one, which brings the War of the Lance and the stories of the Heroes of the Lance (the main surviving ones: Tanis, Caramon, Raistlin, and Tasslehoff) to a final conclusion, is definately one of my favorites. Thrilling plot and good characterization.

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Summary: A very, very good book.
Review: This book is probably the best book I have ever read. It was very entertaining, it was a good story line, and well developed characters. People who say that the plot was unreal do not think very much. It is a fantasy genre, t is supposed to be fake. once again, this book is an extremely good book.

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Summary: I liked it!
Review: Hey, not bad. This is the only book in the Legends I enjoyed. Great battles, great plot. I recomend this book to any fantasy fan around. It is enjoyable and a great book, buy it, read it, enjoy.

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Summary: Best DRAGONLANCE book ever!!
Review: Test of the Twins was by far the best book in the Legends trilogy and probably the best D.L. novel ever because of its excitement. From Raistlin's journey in the Abyss to Lord Soth's charge to the battle between Dalamar and Kitiara, this book is full of excitement and goes right up there with Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".

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Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! THIS BOOK IS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!
Review: I started out my dragonlance hobby with this book now I almostown every single one of them. From Chronciles to Fifth Age, I lovethem all! Raistlin Autrey PS Raistlin Majere is the Bad Boy of them All!! Here shares my name after all! END