Publisher Description

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first and best Dungeons and Dragons trilogy of novels with a brand new look for fans new and old . . .Once merely creatures of legend, the dragons have returned.But with their arrival comes the departure of the old gods - and with them, all healing magic vanishes and war engulfs the land . . .Former Comrades and lifelong friends, Sturm the Solamnic knight, Tanis Half-Elf, Tasslehoff Burrfoot the irrepressible Kender, Flint the Dwarf, Caramon the warrior and his twin brother, Raistlin the red-robed mage reunite for an adventure.Trouble starts when they see a woman use a blue crystal staff to heal a villager. Wondering if it's a sign the gods haven't abandoned them after all, they investigate and quickly find themselves catapulted into trouble that will change their lives and the world forever.

Author Biography

Date- 2013-08-06Born in Independence, Missouri, Margaret Weis graduated from the University of Missouri and worked as a book editor before teaming up with Tracy Hickman to develop the Dragonlance novels. Margaret lives in a renovated barn in Wisconsin with her daughter, Elizabeth Baldwin, and her three cats. She enjoys reading (especially Charles Dickens), opera and rollerskating.Born in Salt Lake City, Tracy Hickman resides in Wisconsin in a 100-year-old Victorian home with his wife and four children. When he isn't reading or writing, he is eating or sleeping. On Sundays, he conducts the hymns at the local Mormon church.Margaret Weis is the award-winning co-creator and co-author of the bestselling Dragonlance, Darkswood, and Death Gate sagas. The Dragonlance trilogies have been translated into many languages, including German, Japanese, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Chine and Portuguese, and have sold more than 20 million copies.In total, Weis has written over 30 books. Other published fantasy works include Rose of the Prophet and the Sovereign Stone trilogy. Science fiction titles include he own series, Star of the Guardian, and the Mag Force 7 series.Weis lives in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and has recently completed the second book in the Dragonvarld, The Dragon's Son.

Review

Before there was Game of Thrones — there was Dragonlance. * Vox.com *
... my love of fantasy stems from my stumbling onto these, and reading them, as a teenager. * 5 star reader review *
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and Dragonlance will always be the epitome of classical fantasy. * 5 star reader review *
Once you start with this magnificent Trilogy, you will want more and more! The epic novels by Weis and Hickman provide the readers with stories about friendship, love, war, and how different races struggle together for survival. * 5 star reader review *

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