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Summary: that's just the way it is
Review: This is a good solid read. I enjoyed it, and passed it around to several friends, who also enjoyed it. It isn't weis and hickman, but who is? Not even Weis and hickman.
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Summary: Hey you people dissing jeff crook:
Review: this is his first novel sheesh give him a break i liked this book except for the fact that the knights of solamnia so degenerated, unlike sturm and huma and vinas and stuff like that and it could have used a little more fighting it was still an interesting book though
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Summary: The idea appeals to me, but the telling is ....
Review: Well, i always admire the Knights, and love the part in Dragons of Summer Flame when the two orders of knights, Dark and Light, combine their strength for the sake of the world. Both orders have their unique quality, i just love them both. When i first saw the cover of the book, then the title "The Rose and the Skull", you donno how excited i was !!! It's just like a dream came to reality, a dream that i always longed for. (ever since the Chaos War i have been expecting such stories as the two knighthood merge to fight shoulder by shoulder again) But after reading about half of the book, i was really disappointed ... Such a good idea, if told by Margraret & Tracy it would be way better... but i don't blame on Jeff, since he's still pursuing a writer's career. It's a fair job for a starting writer... still .... it's like my dream has been shattered.. i believe there are thousands of people out there who were touched by Dragons of Summer Flame, when the Dark Knights and the Light rode into battle side by side at the end of the book ... and we would really want to see some good writing based upon this magnificent idea.(by the way... gully dwarves... among the Knights... who's $%#@ing idea is it ....??)
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: While I didn't think this was quite a four star book, I felt it was closer to four than three stars. Crook gives us a very interesting look at the Solamnic Knights and the poor condition they find themselves in after the departure of the gods and the subsequent arrival of the great dragons. It seems both the Solamnic Knighthood, as well as the Knights of Takhisis, have fallen on hard times with the arrivial of these dragon overlords. They are grasping at straws and, in desperation, decide to do something that would otherwise be unthinkable for both sides (don't want to spoil it). The story is told from the point of view of the Solamnics and we get to see their struggle between doing what they commander feels is the right thing and what they feel in their hearts they should be doing. Mixed in among this is the courageous adventure of an unusual gully dwarf and his companions. The characters populating this story were fairly well developed, including a dark elf that fascinated me. I was disappointed to find that he plays no role in Weis & Hickman's subsequent WAR OF SOULS trilogy. The two or three Solamnics that we get to meet are all different and are loyal to the Knighthood and their commander in their own way. The gully dwarf character has traits that make him more than just a regular gully dwarf: honor and loyalty drive him to attempt a task that no other gully dwarf would ever undertake. The plot is interesting and action packed, with the aforementioned plan between the Solamnics and the Knights of Takhisis being the main plot device to propel the story. I would be very happy if Crook at some point wrote a sequel series to this book using the same characters so that we can see how they have progressed. Not a great book, mind you, but definitely worth a read if your a Dragonlance fan.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: While I didn't think this was quite a four star book, I felt it was closer to four than three stars. Crook gives us a very interesting look at the Solamnic Knights and the poor condition they find themselves in after the departure of the gods and the subsequent arrival of the great dragons. It seems both the Solamnic Knighthood, as well as the Knights of Takhisis, have fallen on hard times with the arrivial of these dragon overlords. They are grasping at straws and, in desperation, decide to do something that would otherwise be unthinkable for both sides (don't want to spoil it). The story is told from the point of view of the Solamnics and we get to see their struggle between doing what they commander feels is the right thing and what they feel in their hearts they should be doing. Mixed in among this is the courageous adventure of an unusual gully dwarf and his companions. The characters populating this story were fairly well developed, including a dark elf that fascinated me. I was disappointed to find that he plays no role in Weis & Hickman's subsequent WAR OF SOULS trilogy. The two or three Solamnics that we get to meet are all different and are loyal to the Knighthood and their commander in their own way. The gully dwarf character has traits that make him more than just a regular gully dwarf: honor and loyalty drive him to attempt a task that no other gully dwarf would ever undertake. The plot is interesting and action packed, with the aforementioned plan between the Solamnics and the Knights of Takhisis being the main plot device to propel the story. I would be very happy if Crook at some point wrote a sequel series to this book using the same characters so that we can see how they have progressed. Not a great book, mind you, but definitely worth a read if your a Dragonlance fan.
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