First, she has to secure the Device of Time Journeying, last known to be in the possession of the spirited kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. But to change time, she needs another magical artifact—the most powerful and dangerous artifact ever created. Destina’s quest takes her from the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin to the town of Solace and beyond, setting in motion a chain of disastrous events that threaten to divert the course of the River of Time, alter the past, and forever change the future. And my people say: ‘The wolf is born to kill. The sheep is born to be killed,’” Atieno said, fixing her with shimmering dark eyes. This Solamnic woman has come here looking for that same Graygem, claiming it is in the kingdom of the Theiwar.” Though I was massively disappointed in this book, there were things that I did like, which is why I’m rating two stars instead of one. Mainly, I thought that the lore of Krynn was interesting. Anytime the gods were discussed, or the War of the Lance, I was invested.

REVIEW: Dragons of Deceit by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

My memory serves up a deep-abiding love for the original trilogy. It was a series I can still remember the feeling as the images created by the text danced through my mind. The dwarf, the half-elf, the tortured mage - all of them lived and breathed in my imagination. I had a passing familiarity with D&D at that point; certainly, nothing that would color my enjoyment of the books.In the end, they became paired with enough repetition and typos to lead me to skim read through most of the last half of the book.

REVIEW: Dragons of Deceit: Dragonlance Destinies: Volume 1 - CBR

A courageous heroine trapped in the distant past is determined to return to her own time—without changing the shape of the world forever—as the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance series continues in this thrilling sequel to Dragons of Deceit.An intrepid woman and her friends must somehow undo the great damage they have done to the future of their world in the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance series

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Second, there is a lot of repetition in this book. I am not even talking about the repetitive nature of this being a time travel story with Tas. Certain phrases and descriptions are repeated several times over throughout the story. I have a problem with those types of things when it feels like the author thinks the reader is dumb. That is not the case here. It just felt like the editors did not catch that these descriptions had been done prior and could be cut from the text. It brought down the overall quality of the writing. Per questo ci sono stati momenti molto frustranti 😂 ma, nonostante ciò, devo dire che mi ha pienamente ammaliata. The history is ok yes. But this is not as well written as the Chronicles or the Legends. The history is rushed. The main protagonist seems at times a little bipolar, changes her mood or opinion easily, making a not very believable character. I don't know, the whole history seems a little rushed sometimes. For example, the first third happen in Solamnia, before and along the War of the Lance, but there is no description of the lands or the people of that part of Solamnia. That's YA for you I suppose.

Wolfstone was silent a moment, not wanting to have refused his king’s command. But in this instance, he had no choice. I listened to this novel as an audio book and I enjoyed returning to the Dragonlance saga. I had forgotten how much I would smile and laugh when Tasselhoff was in a scene. The new main character, Destina, has a name that's a little on the nose and she makes some unfortunate decisions, but it's all part of the adventure. Before you dive into this book, you should know it's only book one of a trilogy; don't expect a full conclusion just yet. It sets up what's sure to be a really exciting book two. To her astonishment, Atieno gave a cry of horror and flung the chalice away from her. The silver cup hit the stone floor with a resounding clang and rolled beneath a chest.

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Our gravest danger is not from the Theiwar, it is from the Graygem,” said “Chaos is trapped inside, and it has the power to bring down the mountain.” I wanted to like this novel for what it was. Instead, I'm more convinced than ever that the only chance for Dragonlance to have a future is to find a way to tell stories that don't revisit the same 10 characters--or their creators. I don't know if it was the Dragonlance book I was expecting but it was, absolutely, the Dragonlance book enjoyed and needed. I was pretty hopeful heading into this book but pretty early on my immersion was shattered by info dumps. This trend continued throughout, I'd start getting into things, then another info dump would land. Destina sighed and peered into the cup, and this time she saw that the dregs had formed a recognizable pattern. She laughed and said before she thought, “Isn’t that funny, Mama. The lees are in the shape of a dragon. See, here is the tail and the head and the wings...”I just finished listening to the audiobook and overall the novel was fine. As others have said, the time travel stuff is getting a bit old by this point, and I could have done without so much more Tasslehoff.