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A strange storm makes its
way over the land. While Galdar, a minotaur, and the Knights of Neraka
huddle from the driving force of the rain and the lightning strikes in
Gamashinoch, a lone figure walks through the howling force without fear.
Her name is Mina, a young woman of magical power. She soon convinces the
Knights to join her in her quest for the One True God, but she will not
reveal which god it is. Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a kender, uses and ancient
artifact, the Device of Time Journeying, to travel 30 years into the
future (which is today), so that he can speak at the funeral of his dear
friend Caramon. The first time he accidentally overshoots his mark and
arrives at the end of the funeral. He soon resets the machine so he will
go back to the beginning of the funeral. When he does this, he notices
that the world has changed; the gods have disappeared, the elves have
erected a force field over Silvanesti keeping all other races out, the
magic is running out, a few massive dragons terrorize the lands, and
Palin is not the same uplifting man he used to be, having survived being
tortured. Palin sets out with Tasslehoff seeking the great wizard,
Dalamar, which no one has seen for 30 years to hopefully get some
answers about how this timeline came about and how it can be fixed, as
the history of this timeline only goes back to the Chaos War. Beyond
that, there is nothing.
This is the first volume in
The War of Souls trilogy. It is a DragonLance fantasy tale of
humans, elves, trolls, kenders, and the like. What used to be a happy
world with all the races working together is no longer. All races seem
to be at war with one another, and nothing seems right to the
adventurous kender, Tasslehoff Burrfoot.
This being my first
DragonLance book, I didn't quite know what to expect. But, I was
pleasantly delighted to find that I instantly liked the writing styles
of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Dragons of a Fallen Sun is an
exciting fantasy tale of a world not quite right. The dragons rule the
land with fear and the elves are dying under their protective energy
barrier. Then there is Mina, the chosen on of a god who is there to do
her deity's work; but who that deity is, she won't reveal. The book
constantly shifts its focus chapter to chapter to one the main
characters, in which there are quite a few. All of differing storylines
are good and I never found myself wishing that I didn't have to read a
chapter. Dragons of a Fallen Sun is a well-written, exciting yarn
that I didn't want to put down at night. I read until the book
practically fell out of my hands as sleep overtook me. Any DragonLance
reader, or fantasy reader, will enjoy this story and I recommend that
you pick it up. Overall, I was quite impressed and look forward to
reading the remaining two books in the trilogy: Dragons of a Lost
Star and Dragons of a Vanished Moon.
I rated this book an 8½ out of
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