Elaine Weaver

Loved this from start to finish! I hope we see more books from Alex Kingston in the future. She really does capture the spirit of both Doctor Who and her own legendary character.

Don't feel bad, Croaker. I'd wanna forget it too.

Well, I wanted to like this one, I really did. I remember the “Dragonlance” books fondly from my younger years but the truth is...it's just not that good. As others have pointed out, this tale is placed between two of the original books so it's hard to get worried for the characters...we know they're going to survive, after all.

And the thing is full of bad writing...I ran across one paragraph where the word “had” appeared in every single sentence. Added to this were a ton of editorial mistakes. Missing words and instances where a spell check “fixed” things and nobody caught it. It's almost like nobody was trying.

Will I read the other books in the series? Difficult to say. The whim may very well hit me as it did with this one. My advice to someone new to the world of Krynn would be to go back and read the original series.

I wonder if anyone ever counted how many times words like “violently” and “furiously” appeared in this book? Rated at three stars because it serves as an example of how NOT to write. Now I understand why Stephen King gets so triggered by adverbs. :)

Terry Brooks insisted he didn't draw from The Lord of the Rings for this novel. Well, dude, you kinda did. It's pretty easy to spot clones of the Nazgul, Gollum, the siege of Minas Tirith, and other major plot points from LOTR in this book. Still an enjoyable read, though.