Blades of the Tiger

Not your typical Dragonlance novel. We have a new section of Krynn called Taladas, instead of a focus on Ansalon The gods are named differently (though similar enough names to not confuse the readers) and brand new cultures for familiar races. I enjoyed this new perspective on a world I have come to love. I especially enjoyed how well Pierson brought the story lines together.  My favorite would have to be Shedara's because of her balance with magic use and rogue skills. It reminded me of prestige classes from D&D. I do wish I could have seen more about the Silvanes elves, but this book wasn't designed to focus on them. I also enjoyed the variety of spells she used and the fact that she didn't overuse them. My only gripe would be the confusion I had when reading Forlo's dreams. There was no distinction to let the reader know that the chapters began as a dream. About half way through the novel I began to grasp the changes in time lines, but even subtitling the chapter as a dream would have helped.