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Title: Knights of the Sword (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol. 3) by Roland J. Green ISBN: 0-7869-0202-7 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: The Worst Dragonlance Book (so far)
Comment: Let me start by saying that I am an avid Dragonlance reader, having read just a little over 100 DL books to date.
Yet I find myself in the sad obligation of warning any potential buyers that this book is awful.
Where Knights of the Crown was a relatively good book, this time I was simply forcing myself to keep reading this dreadful thing until I just couldn't do that to myself anymore.
Why is it so bad? How can you describe a bad meal? The best I can say is that the author takes a different approach this time by constantly giving you a peek at what's on the characters minds; I know this may sound interesting, but in this book, it simply doesn't work. Also, the story just keeps dragging along to the point where you wish the fiery mountain would divert itself from Istar and just fell on these caracters' heads for the good of Krynn.
Looking for good DragonLance? Please let me help:
1) AVOID THIS BOOK.
2) If you're a newbie, you must read Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends before anything else. Then follow it up with Dragons of Summer Flame and then start with the War of Souls.
3) If you've already been to Krynn before, then may I suggest the Soulforge and Brothers in Arms... Done that? Then pick up The Doom Brigade and Draconian Measures (all 4 of these are brilliant!).
4) But if you're a REAL DL nut, then find Elven Nations Trilogy and Dwarven Nations Trilogy. Those books, although rare, are excellent!
I hope this helps...
Ace
Rating: 4
Summary: Better related to Dragonlance world than its prequel
Comment: The author finally incorporated the unique features of Krynn in the sequel to the Knights of the Crown. In this book, the reader is introduced to an adventure set in the pre-Cataclysm Ansalon. There is the growing complacency among the humans, especially in the court of the PriestKing of Istar. There are the White, Red and Black Robes and the Towers of the wizards. Last but not least, there are the not-so-stuffy Knights who embarked on a mission to evacuate a too-successful band of bandits to prevent a potential war in Karthay.
Waydol, an exiled minotaur, went among the humans to learn of their strengths and weaknesses. In the course of his mission, he created a highly organised group of bandits that roamed the countryside of Karthay. Ever alert to the potential of expanding its power, the Istarian court despatched an army to Karthay to eradicate the bandits, threatening to take direct control of the distant region. Anxious to prevent a war between the Istarians and the Karthayians, Sir Pirvan the Wayward, along with his wife and old friends, embarked on a race against time to evacuate the bandits if the outlaws are willing, or to eliminate them before the Istarian army entrenches itself in Karthay. To meet Waydol, Pirvan had to travel over hostile countryside riddled with various outlaws, some in tacit support of Waydol, others finding the bounty on the minotaur too tempting. Meanwhile, his friend Jemar the Fair led a convoy of ships, braving the rough seas and stormy weather and above all, his pregnant wife who insisted on tagging along.
Against them, besides the outlaws, is the highly disciplined Istarian army, locally raised militias of Karthayians anxious not to give Istar any excuse against Karthay, and the Istarian fleet complemented with the mysterious priests of Zeboim who were acting under orders from the PriestKing, or was it really Zeboim?
Pirvan was counting on the help from his wife Haimya, Jemar the Fair, his old friend the mage Tarothin, the mage's love interest the Black-Robed Rubina and Epron the mercenary captain.
Roland Green did a good job in fleshing out little know aspects of the Dragonlance world. His characters are interesting in their virtues, weaknesses and motivations.
Unfortunately, he left out parts which could have been interesting undeveloped - the schemes of the priestking, his silent servants etc.
Rating: 5
Summary: A GRATE BOOK
Comment: I thought this was a grate book. It did have a few problems though. Like the dialoge. It was not written with much care. And I did not like the way Roland killed off Waydol. He was my faveriot charicter. I have just started reading Roland's first book in the Warriors saga Knights of the Crown and I think he is a very good author. So far (from what I have read) he has done a very good job on writting this one. I recamend any book written by him. Knights of the Sword is a very, very good book dispite it's few problems.
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Title: Theros Ironfeld (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol. 4) by Don Perrin ISBN: 078690481X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Lord Soth (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol. 6) by Edo Van Belkom ISBN: 0786905190 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Maquesta Kar-Thon (Dragonlance Warriors, Vol 2) by Jean Rabe, Tina Daniell ISBN: 0786901349 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Vinas Solamnus (Dragonlance Lost Legends, Vol. 1) by J. Robert King ISBN: 0786907878 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Seventh Sentinel (Dragonlance Defenders of Magic, Vol. 3) by Mary Kirchoff ISBN: 0786901179 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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