Lord Toede (Dragonlance: Villains, Book 5) [Paperback]

Jeff Grubb (Author), Jeff Easley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Dragonlance | Publication Date: July 1994

Fewmaster Toede, a vain, pompous, and unreliable slavemaster and Dragon Highlord, becomes an unwitting hero as he walks a narrow and perilous path among competing evil forces that would make him their pawn. Original.

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Tsr from Wizards of the Coast (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560768703
• ISBN-13: 978-1560768708
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,123,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stands alone as the best comedic fantasy novel from TSR, September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lord Toede (Dragonlance: Villains, Book 5) (Paperback)

This book actually made me chuckle out loud, which is saying a lot for a fantasy novel. I don't mean to say that many authors haven't used humor to good effect in Forgotten Realms and Dragon Lance novels. They have, but never as effectivley as Jeff Grubb. Jeff pokes fun at the afterlife by having two middle-management minions of hell gamble with Toede's fate. The bet: If given a second chance, could an evil guy like Toede become selfless and noble. A "second chance" turns into a third and fourth and so on as Toede continuously reverts to his greedy, conniving self with hysterically fatal results. Does he eventually lift himself above his evil ways? I won't spoil the ending. Don't be disappointed that the book doesn't spend the multitude of pages it would take to describe Toede's life prior to his "first" death, like the other novels in the Dragon Lance Villains series. That's missing the point of the story Jeff wrote here. Besides do we really care what Toede was doing before now. Personally I don't think the character had that much appeal until Jeff wrote this story about him anyway.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A humorous take on a character portrayed not so humorously., March 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Lord Toede (Dragonlance: Villains, Book 5) (Paperback)

I would like to offer a different opinion of Load Toede. I found it to be a refreshing change from the rest of the DragonLance books. I would agree that the book did not really focus on the Toede that has been described in the other books; but I loved the highly entertaining interplay between Toede and the mischievous Deities. I very much enjoyed Grubb's introductory paragraphs at the beginning of each chapter. For me they really set the stage for what was to come. I think that the book was more about what everyone else would have like to have done to Toede as opposed to what Toede did to everyone else

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest Dragonlance novel without Tas!, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lord Toede (Dragonlance: Villains, Book 5) (Paperback)

I'll admit it: This was the first Dragonlance book I ever actually bought. I read it over a 3 hour period one Christmas, and had assembled most of the series within the next month. This was just laugh out loud funny. I would have payed good money to have seen this referred to in Dragons of Summer Flame. Read this book! It's hillarious offers a great commentary on a world of high fantasy. I hope Jeff does MORE Toade stuff someday!