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Summary: A good book but they hurt Tanis
Review: Another tale of the future Heroes of the Lance... and this one is dynamite!Tanis becomes a quest for a magic user (Kishpa) and his dwarven friend (Clotnik). Kishpa and Clotnik "trap" Tanis by offering to tell about his family, for a price... Tanis must be magicallly transported into Kishpa's memory and save a human love interest (Brandella), and bring her into the real world before Kishpa passes... Throughout this novel, the reader will be involved in many battles, the realm of Death (where they meet interesting creatures and people;one of which-Fistandantilus!), and the reader will also live through a well thought out love story. The reader will also be introduced to some creatures new to DL. By the way--Clotnik... is a dwarf who, like Tanis, seeks knowledge of his family... this is a really good novel by Barbara and Scott Seigel; a captivating addition to the Dragonlance saga!
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Summary: Best DL novel yet!
Review: Another tale of the future Heroes of the Lance... and this one is dynamite! Tanis becomes a quest for a magic user (Kishpa) and his dwarven friend (Clotnik). Kishpa and Clotnik "trap" Tanis by offering to tell about his family, for a price... Tanis must be magicallly transported into Kishpa's memory and save a human love interest (Brandella), and bring her into the real world before Kishpa passes... Throughout this novel, the reader will be involved in many battles, the realm of Death (where they meet interesting creatures and people;one of which-Fistandantilus!), and the reader will also live through a well thought out love story. The reader will also be introduced to some creatures new to DL. By the way--Clotnik... is a dwarf who, like Tanis, seeks knowledge of his family... this is a really good novel by Barbara and Scott Seigel; a captivating addition to the Dragonlance saga!
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Summary: The Worst Dragonlance Book I've Read!
Review: As an avid Dragonlance fan, I was severely disappointed with this novel. It had absolutely no bearing on any of Tanis' further adventures and didn't even begin to answer Tanis' questions about his father. ( BTW, for an EXCELLENT view of that tale, read "The Inheritance.) Tanis had stated in the Chronicles that he'd been in lands not friendly to elves, but this was set in an Elven village; the Red Robed mage was part human, part elf, and the only acceptable mages to elves are White Robes; and to add insult to injury we get bogged down in a sappy love story and end up in the place of Death, where apparently silver dragons get to breathe fire instead of the breath weapon of cold that they're born with! Makes you wonder if the authors read the original works at all. I'd love to see a well-written book about what happened to Tanis in the five years prior to the Chronicles, but this wasn't it.
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Summary: Preludes, the stories before the chronicles.
Review: As an avid Dragonlance reader, I found this book very insightful on Tanis's past. The prelude volumes are extrordinary reading and very fulfilling for those DL readers who first read the chronicles and wondered where Tanis, Flint, Sturm, Tas and the others originated. The preludes should be the next books to read after the chronicles. Besides, Tanis is awesome as always in this book.
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Summary: Not what it could have been...
Review: As with all amateur book reviewers with lots to say, I'll begin with... Ohh, where to start? I am a fan of the DragonLance series, and found this book disappointing. Not because it was poorly written, which it wasn't, but because the plot of this book did not tie in well with the main plot of the entire series. It seems to me like the authors were more interested in expressing the characters' love for each other than adding to the world of Krynn. So, basically, it all boils down to wheather or not you're into all that mushy, goey love stuff. I think there are other books you should read first, but that's just me.
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: As with quite a few of the Preludes and Meetings books, this seemed out of tune with the Chronicles view of Tanis. There is a certain way the Tanis talks and acts, but these authors couldn't quite seem to grasp it.
The plot was slightly ridiculous. I find it difficult to believe Tanis would even consider starting on this adventure just to find news about his father.
I don't usually object to a bit of love mixed into a story, but when it becomes the story to the exclusion of all else, I start to worry.
The whole thing about Death was stupid. This, along with the rest of the happenings in the book, is never mentioned by Tanis in the Chronicles series. A lot of the Preludes are a bad conclusion to a good idea.
In saying all this, I still enjoyed the first half of the book. The rest really set my teeth on edge.
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Summary: A Dissapointment for any True DragonLance Fan
Review: I am a hardcore DL fan and was really looking forward to this book, seeing as how it was supposed to detail Tanis's life in the five years prior to Weis and Hickman's classic Chronicles trilogy (I refer to it as a 'trilogy' because I refuse to acknowledge "Dragons of Summer Flame," a cheezy attempt by the authors to revisit the world they'd created and, by doing so, destroying it forever). Unfortunately, the book delivers nothing: no memorable characters, no epic atmosphere, and a plot that is made all the worse by the fact that it has so much potential and they do nothing with it! I expected a lot more from the authors who had written such memorable short stories. Oh well, I guess that's what happens when you try and turn two classic trilogies into a huge, over-marketed series, thus losing everything that made them so good in the first place.
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Summary: As leader of the Heroes he seems defamed.
Review: I named two of my children after characters in the Dragonlance series. It gave me and many others hope, in a world that recently has had little. I originally read the books in 1985 and on and on. Flint's death was OK, it added to the plot. Even Sturms untimely demise was within limits. The latest incarnation, considering how strong the group was, is just simply ludicrous. They have slain all that we have hoped for all these years as followers. A classic never dies it just keeps moving on and on and.... Tracy and Margaret have destroyed the little hope that I have held for mankind and my dreams. BRING BACK OUR HEROES!!!!!!
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Summary: The best Dragon Lance book I have read!
Review: I think part of the reason I loved this book so much is because I can sort of relate to Tanthalas. I to, am quiet and thoughtful. Do not listen to the guy from pitssburg who only gave it one star in his review, if I could have given it a 7 star i would have. If you relate to Tanis, or are a bit curious, I strongly suggest reading this book. Or if you have thought of Tanis as a looser, or a wimp,read this book and I think you will respect, and understand him a lot more.
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Summary: A great book
Review: I though Tanis' character is well defined in this book. I made the silly mistake of reading the Chronicles first so I already sort of knew what Tanis was like, he really does think alot. Scowarr is one of my alltime favorite DL characters and I wish he were in more books. The only flaw I could see in this boook was the romance novel feeling it had to it.
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