The Day of the Tempest (Dragonlance: Dragons of a New Age, Book 2)

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Summary: Loved the Dragons!
Review: This was a different type of DragonLance book. Not what I was used to. But that's a good thing. I enjoyed it immensely and went out and bought the other ones. Great work on the evil dragons, Jean!

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Summary: Exellent book!
Review: This was a great book. If you like Dragonlance and have read Dawning of a New Age, this is a MUST read! It's got a lot of action and if you like dragons, this is the book for you.

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Summary: Garbage.
Review: Very, very disappointing. Admittedly, I hadn't expected much after the first book. But in this volume the characters are poor, the story weak and the style lacking. Jean Rabe abuses Margaret Weis' and Tracy Hickman's once near-perfect characters to the point where Palin, Goldmoon and Gilthanas are changed beyond recognition. There is no flow to events, everything is told matter-of-factedly without and time spent on those little details that are so crucial. Emotion is lacking and all the characters' personalities are somehow the same. Factor in an unrealistic and unconvincing plot and this ends up a very disappointing Dragonlance novel. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman COME BACK!

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Summary: How tragic..
Review: Well, the world of Krynn has been changed in more ways than one. There's Jean Rabe writing Dragonlance books now. As with any other of Jean Rabe's works, the characters act like robots, there's no plot, the writing style is that of a 10 year old, but sometimes the way the characters act are funny. (Funny because it's just ludicrous and there's absolutely no basis for the character to act that way.)

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Summary: tHE DOOM BRIGADE
Review: WHAT CAN i SAY THIS BOOK IS AN ACTION PACKED MEDIVAL THRILLER. IT IS THE BEST TALE FROM THE CHOAS SERIES.

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Summary: Disapointed yet condoled...
Review: Where did Palin go? He was the main character in The Dragons Of Summer Flame, and now he is gone! What happened to those 30 years? Now he's old...and not nearly in the spotlight. But I am impressed by Dhamon and Feril. The twisted fate befallen on Dhamon, and the interesting magic of Feril, and there, maybe not to be, love, of coarse. If anyone could give me more info on sequels...It is so hard to find the right book...

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Summary: The Day of The Tempest
Review: You have to appreciate an author like Rabe. She fills in the difficult void left by Chronicles and The Dragons of a Fallen Son series. She portrays Krynn during a time when the land is twisted in-between wars. It's a difficult task because in Dragonlance at this time a story can't just be a story it has to have chronological significance. The novel does struggle to enrich the characters while still having the burden of linking two wars and still having to reshape Krynns current climate. That's a valid criticism but you have to remember because of this these characters are in a fantasy like "shell shock" and cant express their individuality on a level that the Heroes of the Lance did in Chronicles. Also Rabe has to deal with the old "older is better" mantra that Chronicles and the 4th age wear. Despite the hurdles this novel faces it's a quick interesting read. I am a slow reader and I read this novel and it prequel Dawning of a New Age in a week without ever having a reading binge. It's the type of novel that even if you did not care for it much it's still not a bad read and the happenings in a historical text make it a necessary read. So it's burden becomes it's blessing. A burden becoming a blessing sounds very Jesse Jackson but in this novel it's very Jean Rabe.