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Dragons of Summer Flame (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 4) by [Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman]

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The Dragonlance Chronicles enter a new era in this thrilling installment starring the descendants of the Heroes of the Lance

The War of the Lance is long over. The seasons come and go as the pendulum of the world swings. Now it is summer—a hot, parched summer during which the uneasy balance of light and dark begins to shift.

The Dark Queen has found new champions in the Knights of Takhisis. Among them is dark paladin Steel Brightblade, the son of the heroic Sturm Brightblade and the infamous Kitiara Uth Matar. He rides to attack the high Clerist’s Tower, the fortress his father died defending . . .

Elsewhere, other descendants of the Companions embark on their own journeys: Distraught by a grievous loss, the young Palin Majere seeks to enter the Abyss in search of his lost uncle, the archmage Raistlin. And in Palanthas, a human girl named Usha comes forward with claims that she is Raistlin's lost daughter. She has fled her home among the Irda, who have unwittingly unleashed the god Chaos upon the world in their desperation to thwart the Knights of Takhisis.

The summer will be deadly. But for whom, only the swing of the pendulum will tell.

Dragons of Summer Flame is the fourth book in the Dragonlance Chronicles and the first installment that follows the Second Generation.

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The war of the Lance is long over. The seasons come and go. The pendulum of the world swings. Now is is a hot parched summer such as no one on Krynn had ever known before. The uneasy balance starts to shift. Distraught by a grievous loss, the young mage Palin Majere seeks to enter the Abyss in search of his lost uncle, the infamous archmage Raistlin. The Dark Queen has found new champions. Devoted followers, loyal to the death, the Knights of Takhisis follow the Vision to victory. A dark paladin, Steel Brightblade, rides to attack the High Clerist's Tower, the fortress his father died defending. On a small island, the mysterious Irda captures as ancient artifact and use it to ensure their own safety. Usha, child of the Irda, arrives in Pananthas claiming that she is Raistlin's daughter. The summer will be deadly. Perhaps it will be the last summer Ansalon will ever know. Dragons Of Summer Flame is action-packed heroic fantasy at its best! -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman published their first novel in the Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, in 1984. Over twenty years later, they are going strong as partners and have published over a hundred books, including over thirty novels, collections of short stories, role-playing games, and other game products alone or with other co-authors. Hickman is also the inspiration for the "Tracy Hickman Presents" line of Dragonlance novels for Wizards of the Coast. Weis is the President of Sovereign Press, which publishes Dragonlance game material as well as many other game products. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Publication date : October 11, 2011
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AncientDiscovery

Can the new Heroes Discover their Roles Before Kyrnn is Destroyed?

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018

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After the brief introductions of new characters in The Second Generation , Dragons of Summer Flame unfolds into an epic conflict that rages across Kyrnn. This is tight story that does in one volume what is often broken up into two or three. Weis and Hickman follow the children of the heroes of the War of the Lance (it is now 20 years after the war), as they figure out who they are, which side the are on, and their role in the Chaos threatening to destroy their world. A transitional volume between the previous trilogies and the next, but also serves as a capstone to the adventures of the classic heroes. They have passed the baton and this book definitely will want you to see what comes next.

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Amy Good

The first 4 are the best

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020

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Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning and this one Dragons of Summer Flame are the best in the series. Though, if you like the genre, I recommend all of them until they start being written by authors other than Hickman and Weis. They suffer considerably once Hickman and Weis bow out. Great cast of characters, fabulous dragons, epic adventures, it's all there!

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Vincent E. Martin

An Ending And a New Beginning for Krynn and the Series

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2010

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It's been a while (1985) since the Dragons of Spring Dawning (Chronicles Vol. III) was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. That book left the planet of Krynn and the land of Ansalon at peace. Now some ten years later comes "Dragons of Summer Flame (Chronicles Vol. IV)" in which of course the world of Krynn is at war again.

The now fabled and much sung about War of the Lance is long over; some twenty-five years have passed since the last DragonLance was thrown, the last evil red dragon slain. The seasons on the planet of Krynn have come and gone and the people on the continent of Ansalon have known a lasting if not troubled peace.

But now the drums of war beat once more, and a summer of uncharacteristic heat is roasting the land. It is a heat that has never been felt by the people of Krynn and it is unrelenting, foretelling more hard times for the populace. The uneasy peace and tenuous balance between light, and dark, good and evil, begins to shift in favor of darkness. But the people of Ansalon are pre-occupied by fractious in-fighting as old partners turn on one another; warnings go unheeded, disunity is the new enemy and into the breach comes war. But this war will be like no other because it will fundamentally change Krynn and usher in a new era, the so called Age of the Mortals in which all Gods have quit the planet, and abandon the world and races they created.

"Dragons of Summer Flame" starts with a visit to the island of an old race of people heretofore unknown to most on Krynn, called the Irda. The Irda have held themselves away from the other races on Krynn thinking themselves too beautiful to congregate with others outside their species. They are so introverted that they rarely congregate among themselves. And the Irda are the foremost practitioners of magic on the planet. Their world is shattered however by the chance visitation of the Dark Knights of Takhisis, mortal champions of her dark majesty the evil goddess Takhisis.

Two days after the visitation of the Knights of Takhisis, the Irda send the human woman Usha--who they have been raising since she was a baby--away from the island for her own protection, but of she feels betrayed. And later that same night the Irda break open the Graygem, a stolen ancient artifact fashioned by the lesser god Reorx (Champion of the Dwarfs) in order to bring some neutrality to the world. The Irda were hoping that the magic contained in the GrayGem would help them fashion a way to forestall another visit by the Dark Knights; what they did instead was release Chaos, the Father of Everything and Nothing. Chaos is the father of the three principle gods of Krynn; they being Paladine (God of Light and goodness), Gilean (God of neutrality), and Takhisis (Goddess of Dark and Evil). After Chaos destroys the Irda, he sets about marshalling his forces to destroy the world. Thus begins the War of Chaos.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on Ansalon the young mage Palin Majere is distressed by a grievous loss of his two brothers Tanin and Strum Majere, Knights of Solamnia, at the hands of the invading Knights of Takhisis. Now a prisoner, the young white robed mage seeks to enter the Abyss, realm of the Gods, in search of his lost uncle, the infamous archmage Raistlin Majere, who wore the robes of black, but long thought dead. He is given into the care of a dark paladin, his cousin Steel Brightblade with instruction to ransom the young white robe.

The Dark Queen Takhisis having lost the War of The Lance has now won new champion to her cause; the Knights of Takhisis modeled after Knights of Solamnia, are wholly devoted followers of Takhisis and are governed by the Vision. Following the Vision the Knights bring Takhisis the victory she seeks, but it is short lived.

Checking in at 608 pages, "Dragons of Summer Flame" is a long book, certainly longer than any other DragonLance book to date. The book is the fourth in the Chronicles series and continues the DragonLance series of fantasy based book most of which were written by Weis and Hickman.

"Dragons of Summer Flame" has many, many references to books in the series that came before it, not only the other books in the Chronicles series, but those in the DragonLance Legends series as well, in which Raistlin enters the Abyss in a failed attempt to become a god. I highly recommend reading the Legends series--all three books--before reading this book. Also, you might want to read The Second Generation in which the children of the Heroes of the Lance are introduced.

Weis and Hickman once again offer up a gem of a book with detailed characters descriptions--though they are not as well developed as in last offerings. At times I felt as though the book was rushed; e.g. the relationship between Usha and Palin was certainly hastened, and there were a few loose ends that needed more development. Despite the lack of in-depth character development I thoroughly enjoyed "Dragons of Summer Flame"; in fact I found it hard to put the book down. The formula is an old one, the oldest in fact, good vs. evil, but the outcome is surprising.

Conclusion

If you enjoyed the other books in the DragonLance series (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning) "Dragons of Summer Flame" is a must read. It introduces the next generation of heroes and ushers in a new era on Krynn, setting up a whole new raft of stories. Check out the following books, part of the DragonLance War of the Souls series: Dragons of a Fallen Sun; Dragons of a Lost Star, and; Dragons of a Vanished Moon.

Other Books in the Series:

Dragons of Autumn Twilight (DragonLance Chronicles, Vol. I)
Dragons of Winter Night (DragonLance Chronicles, Vol. II)
Dragons of Spring Dawning (DragonLance Chronicles, Vol. III)

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Katy

Great fantasy read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021

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Very very happy. I read years ago and wanted to read the set again but could only find 3. This is 4th in set. My favorite fantasy set. Highly recommend.

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S. Chu

and so it ends...

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2001

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"Dragons of Summer Flame" was a depressing novel because it was the end of all-mighty Krynn as we know it. I have been a faithful fan of most of the Dragonlance series and was lucky enough to have picked up "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" as my very first Dragonlance book. After reading the Chronicles Trilogy, I thought it was all pretty much over and felt moved by all of it. When I heard about "Dragons of Summer Flame", I was mostly reading out of curiousity. I mean, to me it already ended in the best possible way...yet they wrote another novel to "really" end it. I felt the novel was beautifully written as all Weis/Hickman novels, however, it started out rather slowly and suddenly speeded up. It was too easy to resolve the conflicts in this novel and fight the infamous "bad guy" Chaos. I think if Weis and Hickman wanted it to really end, they should have killed off EVERYONE. That way, the book would really all come to a close. I really adored Steel and Palin though. Usha was annoying. The new, second generation characters were all modeled too much after the original Companions. That showed Weis and Hickman's inability to "let go" themselves and therefore, they kind of ruined the it a little. Don't get me wrong though, the novel was definately worthy of carrying the "Dragons of..." name and was a brillant conclusion to our beloved Chronicles Trilogy. It was sad and depressing though. Oh well, i'm done w/ it now and I'll have to think about whether to read the War of the Souls Trilogy...I have a feeling that will just ruin it. "Dragons of Summer Flame" was a wonderful book and a must-read. Definately not as brilliant as the original Chronicles Trilogy though. The Chronicles Trilogy is unprecedented!

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A Consumer, Just Like You.

So good. Thx.

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2019

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Bit different than I was expecting, but it's pretty damn good. Great way to wrap things up! Thank so you.

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Speechjim

Good read

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2021

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Wonderful blend of old and new characters. As a fan of the original two trilogies, I was delighted to find this new story.

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Dartrinimis

Krynn is back!

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2017

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Amazing return to Krynn. Tastefully done with old characters and new. Now for 9 more words so I can post the review. Thanks amazon for your dumb requirements.

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S campbell

Where Did It All Go Wrong!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2017

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I grew up with Dragonlance novels. They were my Tolkien and I have read every book they have written and re-read many times. So I think I'm pretty well placed to say - this is an appalling book.

Saddens me to say so but I'm SO incredulous that I have to write a review.

If this really IS Weis and Hickman writing as others have questioned then what has happened to their writing?

The premise is weak - the Father of the Gods idea - has been done elsewhere and better. The reappearance of original characters and their subsequent exit is poorly developed and clumsily concluded. So much of the characters situations read like 'they do this, then they do this, oh what do we do now? - let's kill someone off' - it's nonsensical and jarringly to the narrative.

The writing is weirdly repetitive and the same events are described almost word for word across chapters and the familiar steady development of character and morals that I loved about the original series is lacking throughout.

The thread of 'Raistlins Daughter' which runs through two thirds of the book yet is not only turned on its head it is done in a way which contradicts and negates another authors storytelling. Bewildering..

Personally I didn't mind bringing Raistlin back because it was always left open anyway whether he was alive or not. But bringing back other original character in such a random way was no way to celebrate them one last time.

To be honest it feels like everyone in it seems so 'throwaway' and the end concept of uniting against a common enemy lasts only about a page before dissolving into an anti-climatic ending.

The Father of the Gods story is wrapped up in just a couple of pages after lingering for the entire book as a background presence of 'glowing skies' and 'Unbearable heat'. Huh?

And then to finish they leave you with such a downbeat 'after it's all over' moment which is unsatisfying and rushed.

As the 'final' book in a much loved series I'm disappointed for all the wrong reasons.

At least Frodo got to sail off into the sunset..

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Sulphonamide

Did the same people really write this?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2015

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After about 20 years (posted abroad and armed with a Kindle), I have gone back and reread the first 6 (the three Dragons of.... and the three Twins books) one after the other, I then ploughed straight on to reread this one....and it is feeble in comparison. Primitive writing and leaden story-telling, packed with characters who either really annoy or simply fail to make you care whether they live or die. You wouldn't get the impression that it was written by the same people as the first 6 books (which I absolutely loved). I seem to recall that the later trilogy (Dragon's of a Lost Star etc) was actually rather enjoyable, so not quite sure what happened to this one. Only reason it doesn't get one star is that there are just enough of the old characters scattered around that you keep on reading.

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James van zyl

Awesome

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2021

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Awesome novel, love the series

Azrael

Nowhere near as good as the first 3

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2016

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Nowhere near as good as the first 3. Actually a very poorly written book. Couldn't get into it didn't enjoy it. No character definition. Not a good addition to the Dragonlance series.

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Stefan Slater

he loved them. Definitely a great gift or to read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2018

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I'd read these some years ago bought them for my 12 year old nephew, he loved them. Definitely a great gift or to read yourself

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