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Summary: A brother's love...
Review: Like all of the books written by W&H it is great. Any Caramon and Raistlin fan should check this series out. It takes place directly after the chronicles series, and is full of the energy, excitement, and trauma that Wies and Hickman are great at. Plus the books have Tas in them, so you know they will be good. I highly recommend this book, and the rest of the series to any dragonlance, or fantasy book reader. It really brings Raist and Cam into a new light, seeing parts of them that you have never seen before.Including the bond that the twins really do have, and what can come between it. These books are a little confusing at first, but once you get into them, and figure out what is going on, they are a smooth and fun read. Throughout the book, Raistlin is planning something big. While I wont blow it here, it is definately a plan of mass proportions. Caramon and a dark haired cleric are also part of this plan. But will Raistlin's ambitions finally open Caramon's eyes? Read and find out...this book and the whole series is a definate must!
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Summary: AMAZING!!!
Review: The Legends Trilogy- the Time of The Twins, the War of the Twins, and Test of the Twins, is the sequel to The Chronicles Trilogy- Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning, which brings to life the ultimate battle between Good and Evil in the magical World of Krynn. The books are so incredibly well written that the reader feels that they have been transported to another plane of existence and are actually present among the characters, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, sensing what they sense. The authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have truly outdone themselves and have presented us with a masterpiece of literature the likes of which we have seen only in JRR Tolkien's work and RA Salvatore's The Dark Elf and Icewind Dale trilogies. Duty, honor, bravery, magic, dragons and heroes are all about. One should seriously start thinking about maybe turning them into movies...
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Summary: Time of The Twins
Review: The War of the Lance is over, the world once again at peace. Goldmoon and Riverwind fade into history, happily married, and Tanis and Laurana are firmly together in spite of Kitiara's shadow.Caramon, however, cannot get over Raistlin's decision and is slowly destroying both himself and his marriage to Tika. Having hit rock bottom, he finds a glimmer of hope when Tasslehoff, more or less recovered from his terrible grief over Flint's death, arrives with Lady Crysania - a Cleric of Paladine who has met with Raistlin and has a plan to save the Mage's soul. Caramon sets out with Crysania, Tas, and a secret weapon, but is forced to turn to Par Salian - the mage who conducted Raistlin's test so long ago - for help due to unforseen events. He must travel back in time to find help for a wounded Crysania and perhaps stop the evil mage Fistandantilus from ever possessing Raistlin during his test - a simple enough task for the powerful Par Salian, as long as a member of the magical races - Dwarves, Gnomes and Kender - is not involved, as they can alter time should they travel through it. One guess who follows him in a fit of curiosity (and to be fair, genuine concern)... The deed and possible damage done, Caramon races to find either Raistlin or Fistandantilus - or both - without knowing if Tasslehoff's presence has effected a positive or negative change. This is quite a change from the Chronicles, much more intimate in scope and more about the relationships between a handful of people. Some readers will be shocked at the state Caramon's in as the story begins, but it's not really surprising when you take a moment to consider everything you know about the twin's relationship up to this point. Watching him pull himself back together is quite interesting. We also see what the taking of the Black Robes really means for Raistlin, as we start to unravel his intentions towards his brother and Crysania - as well as a now dangerous Tasslehoff. The real pleasant surprise to me, however, was Tas - ironically now the oblivious and innocent major threat to Raistlin's plans (an inspired twist that will obviously have major implications). I was curious as to where the writers could go with him without Flint, but there turned out to be no need for worry. His relationship with Caramon in this entry borders on downright fascinating as, from lack of any alternative, he acts as his friend's protector, sole emotional support, tough-love dispenser, sounding board and conscience. All this - and it ends with a cliffhanger that left those of us who brought it when it was first released reeling in shock as War of the Twins wasn't released until a few months later. Bottom line - anyone who liked Chronicles won't want to miss Legends either.
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Summary: LIKE ALL DRAGONLANCE: GREAT!!!
Review: This is an excellent dragonlance book which starts off a 3 part series which is the second half of the original 6 (ie: chronicles and legends) if u are a new reader to dragonlance or old u will lover this book (although if u are an old reader to dragonlance i would expect you have already read this) this book explains alot about raistlin (my favorite character) and is while being adventurous and having errr some passion at the same time has humour such as bupu (if u have read chronicles i have no doubt you remember her)
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Summary: a little slow in the middle, but good
Review: Time of the Twins is the first book in the dragolance trilogy legends. It takes place two years after the war of the lance; the races in the land are coming to peace and the dragon armies are scattered, but this book really isn't about that, it's about Raistlin and Caramon, the twins who are nothing alike. There is also Tasslehoff and a new face Crysania, revered daughter of Paladine. Time of the twins, starts off rather slow and tons of information is tossed out, information which is pretty important in the story. Time of the twins is less action-adventure and more dramatic than that of the chronicles, which I enjoy way more, Time of the Twins that is. This book is also way better than anything the chronicles came out with. It's more mature, theres more character development (largely due to the fact that there are only 4 main characters instead of 8 or 9), and the actually characters are more fun to read about, than that of the chronicles. But there are some things which I didn't like, as a matter of fact, I thought were absolutly ridiculous. Such as the direction the of story, After they all went back in time, it felt like it was to slow and pointless. The whole Caramon attracted to the gladiator girl was pointless, pretty much the whole thing with Caramon in the gladiator school was pointless, other than him getting pumped up. I think the only reason why this part was in the book is because Weis and hickman needed to throw some action into this adventure or they had to have some one get captured, it's their trademark. Whatever reason was, the part was to long and nothing really can out of it, which made the book drag. All in all this book was pretty good, Raistlin was cool, caramon was very interesting, in the beginning....and the end, I guess. If you have read the chronicles already and like them, this is the next book, so have-at-it.
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Summary: History in the making!
Review: Well this was a very interestig read. Having finished the Chronicles Trilogy this book Time of the Twins drops you into some back history of two or even three of your favorite characters: Cameron, Raistland, and that stealing future changing kender, Tas!
Very interesting and worth the time and money...well though out.
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