Dragons of a Fallen Sun (Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Volume I)
by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
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Author: Margaret Weis, Tracy HickmanEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-01
ISBN: 0786918071
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
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Book Review: Dragonlance Lives
Summary: 5 Stars
The DragonLance world began back in 1984 when Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman wrote Dragons of Autumn Twilight, the first volume of the Chronicles trilogy. The book was an immediate hit with me and with millions of other readers. It has been followed by numerous other books with most of them being great fun to read and a few being somewhat hit or miss. We were introduced then to Tanis, Sturm, Raistlin, Caramon, Flint, Tas, Riverwind, Goldmoon, and numerous other memorable characters.
I just recently obtained the books from Margaret Weis' latest trilogy, The Dark Disciples. These three books are a continuation of the story of the mysterious Mina that was first told in The War of Souls trilogy by Weis and Hickman. It had been a few years since I read The War of Souls books so I decided to go back through them again.
Dragons of a Fallen Sun is the first volume in The War of Souls Trilogy. It was published in early 2000, but it still holds up well today. We are introduced to Mina without having any clear idea of who she is. We meet some of our old friends again - Caramon, Tas, Laurana, and Goldmoon, for example. We watch battles involving dragons, elves, ogres, a minotaur, griffons, mages, knights... The list could go on. We struggle to understand the implications of time travel. We laugh as Tas is up to his usual kender hijinks. I don't think that it would be fair for me to go into the plot of the tale. Basically, anyone who has been a fan of DragonLance should have an extremely good time reading this book.
It is really a good feeling to know that I still have five books to go before I reach the end of these two trilogies. On now to Dragons of a Lost Star.
Summary of Dragons of a Fallen Sun (Dragonlance: The War of Souls, Volume I)
The people of Krynn have known war in past ages. Some are still alive who remember the triumph of good at the conclusion of the War of the Lance. Still more remember the devastation of the Chaos War, which ended the Fourth Age of the world.
But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world itself.
But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world itself.
Finally! Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have returned to Krynn, picking up at long last Dragonlance's seminal--and best--story line. Following directly on the heels of 1996's Dragons of Summer Flame, this new trilogy (dubbed The War of Souls) continues the arc begun with their phenomenally popular Chronicles series released so many moons ago. This first installment, Dragons of a Fallen Sun, sets up another epic conflict for the poor war-torn, dragon-beset populace of Krynn, some 40 years after the close of the Chaos War (and even longer since the triumph of the Companions in the War of the Lance), with the great dragons holding sway over most of Ansalon.
The action in Fallen Sun breaks as the mother of all storms sweeps across Ansalon, wreaking havoc on all the book's players: the Knights of Neraka (n?e Takhisis) laying siege to Solamnic-controlled Sanction; the elves of Qualinesti and their hated cousins the Silvanesti, barricaded behind an enormous magical shield; the aging Goldmoon in the Citadel of Light; the dragons, Malys, Beryl, et al., holed up in their lairs; even Bertrem and the librarians of Palanthas must scramble to keep their precious volumes dry. But it's a small girl who lies at the center of all this, an enigmatic waif who's quietly begun a bloody path of conquest in the name of the One God--even though now, in the Fifth Age, magic is on the wane and Krynn has no gods. Or does it? Heroes still die, mysteries still go unsolved, and Weis and Hickman show that they've still got it in spades, introducing a new set of characters (plus a couple of old favorites) and enough plot and locale jumps to keep you from wandering off. (The duo even provides enough backstory for Dragonlance neophytes to follow along.) --Paul Hughes
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