Dragons of Summer Flame

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Summary: A triumph as well as a disappointment
Review: This is undoubtedly one of the best, if not the best books in The Dragonlance Saga. From beginning to end it is an enthralling journey and all six times that I have read it I have completed it in one day due to the fact that I cannot put it down. As far as characters go, it contains some of my personal favorites including Raistlin, Caramon, Tasselhoff, as well as some new additions to the ongoing saga. As outstanding as this work is I cannot help but feel disappointed at the end when all that I have come to love about Krynn is suddenly forced out of the picture. I am unsure of the motive for removing all the magic and the brilliant gods that have been introduced up to this point. Could it be that the creators of this fantastic world see no future in the tales of magic and colossal gods? Is it possible that they are becoming tired of their creation and wish to experiment with something new? Or could it be that they are preparing for a new generation of authors and dreamers to take Krynn into The Age of Mortals. I would like to think the later to be the case but quite frankly I cannot be sure. For those of you who have become attached to the world of Krynn and its inhabitants, the end will heartbreaking but it will not be without hope. You will be forced to bid farewell to the characters you have loved and lived with in your minds but I am sure you will come away smiling

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Summary: Dragons of Summer Flame was an exciting book in Krynn.
Review: Dragons of Summer Flame was an exciting visit giving you the full conclusion of the fourth age in the fantasy world of Krynn. This book focused mainly on the two cousins, Palin Majere and Steel Uth Matar Brightblade. This book gives a more in depth look into the life of Steel than it did in the book of stories written earlier. Hearing more about the mage, Palin, in this book gave an interesting look into his soul and told the story of how he became independent. In the end, the death of the fun-loving kender, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, was sad to me, having come to enjoy his antics in other stories that I had read. The only thing that I didn't like was not knowing what happened to the large adventurer turned inkeeper, Caramon. Is he still alive? Is he dead? Was he taken by on of the demons? The question is still livid in my mind. Margaret Weis has always been a favorite author of mine, and has written many great books, but to me, this on takes the cake. Written by, Cyan Bloodheart

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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: The book does a good job explaining some of Steel's background. However, many mentions of Steel obtaining Sturm's sword are made, but never clearly spelled out. Weis and Hickman had a preview of this book (Where? I cant remember), which told the story of Steel obtaining the sword, and then it jumped into Steel meeting Palin. Otherwise, this book is very good reading. Well worth it

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Summary: DragonLance Dragons of Summer Flame
Review: I enjoyed this book a lot. It had the most amazing characters out of the entire series. My favorite characters were Palin, Usha, Raistlin, and of course Tasslehoffe. The book also had its thrills and some really sad parts to it. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are the best DragonLance authors that there are. Summer Flame was the best one of all of the chronicles series as well

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Summary: Decent, but not quite up to par...
Review: This book seems to almost have been an afterthought to Weis and Hickman. Their intention with this book was supposedly to put an end to the Dragonlance Saga, which makes no real sense, since they are currently working on a new trilogy. The book details the travels of a young girl with powerful magics with Dragonlance's usual sidekick, Tasshehoff Burrfoot. Oddly enough, Raistlin also makes a return appearance, which makes me wonder if they just threw in a bunch of readers' favorite characters in the hopes of getting people to buy it. In all, the writing was still good, but I felt that the storyline needed some serious help

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Summary: Excellent story, less than original ending
Review: This story passes the torch from the original first generation, "The Heroes of the Lance," to the 2nd generation of heroes, namely Palin Majere and Steel Brightblade. There are token appearances by the original heroes, (some seeming a bit contrived), but both Tasselhoff and Raistlin are prominent in the plot. The ending of the story was a dissappointment to me and seemed to be a carbon copy of the ending of The High King, by Lloyd Alexander. A definite must read for any lover of fantasy, this story isn't quite up to par with Chronicles & Legends series

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Summary: Pretty good although rather dissapointing
Review: For a real Dragonlance Fan, this book isn't quite in the spirit of the series. However, the book was well written and the story in itself was preety good. I always liked Raistlin as a character and it's pretty dissapointing that he comes back powerless. Although this does mean that Weis and Hickman aren't writting anymore books, there are many stories which could branch off of this. Still, if you ask me, the Dragonlance Series is already overdone. There are just way, way ,way too many stories in the series now. Personally, I think that we don't need all that many novels in this series. I gave this book an 8 because the story was well written and it gave us a much better look at the god whom we never really find out much about.

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Summary: Nooooo!!!!
Review: Does this mean there will be no more Dragonlance books. Someone please, please tell me there'll be more. They can create new Krynn novels on this new world (but it wouldn't be the same without tasslehoff) I'll probably give this a higher rating if I know this isn't DL's last book.

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Summary: An endless disappointment to a proper Dragonlance fan
Review: The book is quite well written, and is sure to provide good entertainment for any non DL fan. Having read most of the DL novels,I feel qualified to say that this novel is not written in the DL spirit. It seems obvious that the book has been written on request, rather than on inspiration. In most of the book they do everything to please the DL fan, like reviving Raistlin, and giving most of the old heroes an appearance. But in the end the authors kill the DL saga, probably to please TSR, so that the company can create another roleplaying game.

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Summary: Intriguing; yet disappointing
Review: Although the book has an extremely interesting plot and thestory is of excellent quality, it lacked the spark and fireof the earlier three books. The book scored extremely high on my chart for the main fact that Raisltin has returned. An all-time favorite of mine, I was disappointed when he was taken away from the Dragonlance plot. The "Second Generation" of heroes are not as well rounded and exceptional as the original but this book defintely follows the excellent quality and writing that I expect from Tracy and Margaret. A must read for Dragonlance fans.