A Dawn of Dragons

The Dragonlance novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are loved by huge numbers of fans, and the stories have basically formed a world of their own. The books are well written. The characters are memorable, and the action is nonstop. The books are great fun to read. I'm sure the graphic novels of Dragonlance are less well known, but they are also extremely well done and great fun to read. As listed below, the saga starts with the three volumes of Chronicles and then moves on to Legends. Chronicles, Book I: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Chronicles, Book II: Dragons of Winter Night Chronicles, Book III: Dragons of Spring Dawning (2 books) Legends: Time of the Twins The illustrations in the graphic novels are outstanding and seemed to fit fine with the pictures I had formed in my mind of the various characters. The action sequences stand up to scrutiny by the reader, and dragons are all over the place. However, reading these books cannot possibly be the same as reading the originals. The graphic format has its limitations, so the depth of the original stories is not here but the spirit certainly is. I recommend the books highly to all Dragonlance fans. Please keep in mind that you should read the novels first. Otherwise, keeping track of the action in the stories could be difficult. One unfortunate note is that Time of the Twins may be the only volume published in graphic format from Legends. My understanding is that the publisher has no plans to put out succeeding books from Legends. That is too bad.

This book is awesome. You should read the whole series. One thing bad about this is that this is the last book of the series.=(

One small complaint however. With the end result being the "balance" of the gods and so forth, the end of the story didn't leave me with a feeling of balance or resolution. To have had a satisfying balance, I think for every main character fighting for "good" that died in battle, a main character fighting for "evil" should have also died. Particularly, a certain human woman who is the evil mastermind behind many of the troubles the companions endure. The death of an evil dragon highlord we barely get to know hardly compensates for the death of one of the faithful companions. Books are very sensual. Parents use caution.