Summer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day.
Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy. Every day, their deities become more distant, more difficult to reach. Clerics' prayers go unanswered, and magic goes awry. As the tension on Ansalon builds, estranged cousins Palin Majere and Steel Brightblade search for an explanation. It soon becomes evident that more than just magic is at stake.
The fate of all Krynn hangs in the balance.
This is a new paperback edition of Dragonlance cocreators Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's first hardcover New York Times bestseller. It is the direct prequel to the current War of Souls trilogy. This edition features a new cover design that ties into the recent rereleases
What have they done? I mean, seriously, what were they been thinking? First off, the kender stuff is overly used on chronicles and legends, ok we got it, it was funny, dont tell the same joke more than 3 times. The descriptions of be with a kender is worse than fighting a troll is told so geek like, it kinda made me feel being a geek by reading this crap. Palin is so a boring character only second maybe to the awful Laurana. And why all the new heroes have to be the sons of the previous heroes? does heroisem go by blood line and not personality? And why we need Palin if we have Raistlin back? at least Rasitlin was a true hero which had a lot of power aura around him. Palin was said to be meant to be powefull, but i would put money on him fighting a scared mouse by the way his personality goes. I quite liked Usha, she was very funny in her untrusting people manner and her simple thinking on life. Steel was a very good character which i would build upon, like a normal person he had a good side and a dark side, people are not totally evil or totally good. The end was a real dissapointment as Paladine sits back on the couch and let Steel, His Dragon, Palin, Usha and Tas to do the job. Where was the God Commander himself? if he cannot defeat chaos, how can his creations? Another thing that dissapoints me is Takisis leaving, it is stupid to think that she does not care for the world, she has a different perspective from Paladine but still they both focus on this world. Making her leaving just poits her out more of a scared child rather the Queen of Darkness. But Paladine is no better as he was not doing anything much either. And where the hell was Gilean, i know he writes history, but dude, the world comes to an end, cant you raise your lazy butt and do something? Chaos is the source of all the gods, shouldn't it be that he be fought by his children, and Steel, Palin and all fight his generals? If Chaos was defeated by mortals, how can we have respect for the gods in this book? Where was Raistlin that defeated Takisis, why couldn't he fight there and let Palin play with dolls at home? Instead of making a grand finalle, Chaos was destroyed by the hands of a kender, is that what was i kept on reading for? Is that the best you can make of? This book had some nice moments, I couldn't ignore that, but he was really rushed and the plot eventually was lame.
terrible I hadn't read Dragonlance for a few years and was eager to revisit them, having read Chronicles, Legends, and the Raistlin books (Soulforge and Brothers in Arms) a while back. Boy did I make a mistake! This book, if anything, made me MORE nostalgic for those favorites of mine (particularly Chronicles and Legends). What's worse, I fear it might have even ruined the Dragonlance atmosphere for me, as I fear I will never be able to look at the Companions (or Krynn) quite the same way again. Well, that's very minor and perhaps silly. Main thing is, this book in no way resembles the others, and almost seems a sick parody of them. The more you liked the Chronicles (and Legends), the more I would recommend you NOT read this book.
The Death Of Dragonlance. For those of you who are true Dragonlance fans, and have read the first trilogy, as well as the second, please, stay clear of this book no matter the cost. The first six books deserve to be on the shelf of anyone who is interested in fantasy literature. But this disappointing-and totally unnecessary-seventh edition to the series brings up the question: were Weis and Hickman indulging in dwarven spirits while writing this?
The already exhausted plot of gods at war is present in this book; if that was even the intended plot at all. For Dragons of Summer Flame goes in so many directions at once that it is difficult for the reader to determine as to what goals the characters are aspiring to achieve.
And speaking of characters, Dragons of Summer Flame features some of the most boring, one dimensional, and as Tasselhoff would say "Uninteresting" rejects torn from a bad DnD campaign. As if it wasn't enough that Weis and Hickman killed off some of the most beloved protagonists in the previous books (I'm not naming any names at the moment, but die hard Tanis Half-Elven fans will be balling when they reach the book's climax) but they had to replace a loveable cast with cardboard cut outs that had no depth whatsoever.
It's these things, combined with the lackluster prose, surprising amount of "modern slang" used in dialogue scenes, unimaginative narrative, and a painful ending that would leave any seasoned adventurer of Krynn rushing to Fizban to learn a fireball spell so they could storm Wizards headquarters, that make Dragons of Summer Flame a craptastic edition to the Dragonlance Saga.
Long story short, this book single handedly murders all of the magic and meaning that had been present in Ansalon up until this abomination. So a message to true Dragonlance lovers: read the first six books, and then stop there.
Can someone give me a synopsis? I confess that I'm not a huge fan if the Dragonlance Series. I stumbled across the first War of Souls book and quite enjoyed that. To the point that I bought all the privious Weis/Hickman DL books. Unfortunately, it's taken me almost 4 years to get through them. I've finally made it to Dragons of Summer Flame.
And I just can't take it any more. I really just want to skip back to War of Souls, but the compulsion to read books in order is just to strong.
But I cannot get through this book. I made it to page 90. Just past the deaths of Sturm and Talin, which pretty much did it for me. Topped with the Usha character and her potentially for unlimited whinning, I just can't make it any farther.
So if someone could just give me a synopsis of the important events, I'd aprriciate it.
Because this book is just not worth reading. Let alone buying.
Dragons of Summer Flame I received item in condition as described and shipped as scheduled. I am satisfied with my transaction.
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