Customer Reviews

Temple of the Dragonslayer (Dragonlance: The New Adventures, Vol. 1)

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My husband and I have both read the original Weis & Hickman Dragonlance books, and so were curious about this new "young adult" series. We borrowed a copy of this first book to read, and were both pleasantly surprised! We definately enjoyed it, and now intend to add the set to our Dragonlance collection.

It's a great book to read because you can't put it down. I am 12 years old, and I just loved this book. I'm getting the next one now. This book is a story with a lot of suspense.

Nearra awakens in a forest to discover that she has lost her memories. In moments, she is attacked by goblins and then a green dragon, all intent on hurting her. She manages to escape with the help of others, and assembles a band of curious companions who wish to help her answer several questions, the most important of which is: will she ever get her memories back?

Add these ingredients: a great cast of characters, a sizeable helping of high adventure, an equal sized helping of fun, a smackeral of romance and a pinch of humor in the right places. What you get is this book, a fine example of quest fiction for most ages (10 and up, the back cover says).

When I stumbled upon this at the library, I didn't expect much. I pride myself in being a very fast reader, and I figured this would be an easy read for a boring, rainy afternoon. But from page one, I was hopelessly lost in the world of Kryyn, and couldn't put this awesome little book down. The story starts out with teen-aged Nearra waking up in the middle of the forest with no recollection of her past. She is pursued by Goblins and Dragons before stumbling upon the wizard Maddoc and the young ranger Davyn. Soon, she acquires a strange little group of friends, including a fallen squire, a Kender who may or may not be a wizard, and a pick pocketing Elf. Strangely, I grew quite found of this cast of characters, and found myself really rooting for them. I went and got the rest of the series the minute I finished the first one. The only problem is that the writing suffers slightly from the different writers. For example, in "The Dying Kingdom", it clearly states that Elidor's eyes are violet. Later in the series, it says his eyes are blue. Then grey. Then blue again. Over all, though, these mistakes are miniscule and don't take away from the reading experience. I highly recommend this series. I really didn't expect much from this book, but, to my pleasure, I was proven quite wrong. Five stars and two thumbs up.

Reviewed by: The Home-schooled Bookworm

I have been looking for a book that is adventurous, beyond the impossible, and mystical. In this book, I found all of it. So far in this book I have only read about two chapters, but in those two chapters, I felt so relieved that they could put another dimension into this book in two chapters. Most likely, you would learn what Nearra (the main character) is like. I think the whole world should read it.

I had the entire Dragonlance series when i was younger and eagerly read all of them in a few short months. I recently got a Kindle and was surprised to find the books on Amazon! :D

I'm kind of disappointed though, as I can't find the second and third volumes for this particular series (The New Adventures):{

After searching several hours for just an average fantasy book to steal my interest away from the Ranger's Apprentice series, I finally found this book. When I first looked at the cover I thought it was going to be just another lame book with another lame author trying to become the next J.R.R. Tolkien. But then I opened the book and began to read...

The book starts out with a teen-aged girl waking up in the middle of a forest remembering nothing but her name, Nearra. Around her are three goblins trying to decide what her fate should be. Though Nearra is afraid she realizes she must calm herself and get away. So Nearra patiently waits for the perfect time to run and as soon as the goblins get into an in depth fight over her untimely end, she runs, grabbing a dead branch for protection along the way.

When the goblins catch up to her, they look around in fear before running themselves. Nearra has a moments time to catch her breath before the powerful dragonfear sweeps over her. She turns around to face this new threat and finds herself face to face with a green dragon, Slean.

Her arms and hands begin to tingle but she fights the fear down. Suddenly, the dragon falls over asleep and the pain in her arms subsides. Nearra hears a voice call out to her and she turns around yet again to meet this next turn of events. Here she is introduced to a ranger, Davyn, and a Wizard, Maddoc.

This begins the unlikely journey that Nearra knows she must take if ever she wishes to regain her past. Along the way Nearra makes new acquaintances including a wanna-be-wizard kender, a warrior trainee, a mix-breed elf, and a very upset minotaur, all of which swear to help her regain what she has lost at any cost... Until one commits the ultimate betrayel.

This book will entice you into reading it from the moment you open it. You should probably wait until you have a good chunk of time (three to four hours) before reading it though, because once you start, you will be unable to stop.

The book Temple of the dragonslayer by Tim Waggoner is a great book filled with adventure and romance. Nearra wakes up in the forest without any memory of her past. Nearra sets out on a journey to get her memory back with a forest ranger, a failed warrior, a troublesome kinder, and a tricky elf. On the way she encounters goblins, ogres, dragons, and the evil wizard Maddoc. The forest ranger Davyn turns out to be the wizard's son but he falls in love with Nearra so he turned against his dad. Find out if Nearra gets her memory back in the book Temple of the dragonslayer by Tim Waggoner

this is a good book to read when your bored. its easy to get interested in this book, with an awesome plot, awesome characters, and a really interesting series! i've read the whole series and i think this is almost as good as harry potter!

This book is great.Has a great storyline,great characters, and is fun for kids who enjoy magic, dragons, swords, and fantasy. I loved this book.Also that guy who gave this book 1 star, you didnt even finish the book!