Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel

This one was published before Dark Heart was. This book is a begining saga. It is meant to keep you wondering and of course waiting. I read Dark Heart first and was very confused when reading this book, it did not seem to flow to well with Dark Heart (time line). There is no date on the opening chapter of Dark Heart as there is on this one. To try and figure it out I went to the copyright page on both books and realized what this one was meant to do, introduce the Dragon's Disicple series. Now she just needs to finish it, I cannot find another book for the series. If you already read this but not DARK HEART then go read it and you will feel for Sir Justin as you do for her other characters. Side note: Why does everyone compare a new series to an old? They are meant to be different hence new series. This always bothers me when a reader does this. It seems they close their minds to the new series before they even finish the first book.

I gave this 5 stars for the quality of the writing,the characters seemed to just start to be developed and then it was over. It was a miss mash of stories that started in the future and then went back in time to, two other events that did not have a decent conclusion. It keeps one hanging. The story was full of death and violence, then with one swoop of a females influence Justin changes his years of loyalty. From other reviews I guess there is a book called Dark Hart that would have helped better understand this novella, but no where on this book is there a reference to another book. I felt robbed and frustrated by this book.

The book is very good, though at times gruesome and violent. The detail was outstanding and the characters were well rounded. The book is very good, but it leaves you hanging a bit.

It's obvious that Weis is expanding her literary horizons with this new book. People who compare it to Dragonlance are missing the point. It is not supposed to be Dragonlance. The dark mythological sequences drip ambience and mystery. A beautiful book, that's beautifully mastered by the Dark Queen herself.