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A review by reedmorebooks
Dragons of Fate by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
5.0
I doubt the day will ever come when I'll say there's too much Weis & Hickman Dragonlance. Novel after novel, decade after decade, they still bring to life some of the most endearing characters, in the most fun adventures.
DoF picks up right where the time travel shenanigans of the last book left off, dumping Destina, Tas, Raistlin & Sturm in the middle of the Third Dragon War, in possession of the Graygem, needing to find a way home and not disrupt history.
Despite the done to death time travel tropes the story moves at a great pace, and manages to continue to be both very reward for those who know the lore of the series well, but welcoming and informative to those who don't, so no one's lost.
The tone in this novel is a tad lighter than the last, and where it was Destina's story at heart, here she takes a back seat to allow Raistlin and Sturm to have a 2nd (or in Raist's case 3rd, 4th...) shot in the spotlight. Small twist to this being, that these are the characters we know, but different, as they both have and have not lived through the events of all the previous books (time travel, yay!). This allows this particular pairing to share moments they previously would not have. This change might bother some, but I found it refreshing, and it serves well for what's being done with them here. And I won't lie, I'm always just glad to be back with them again.
If you love Dragonlance, it's a no brainer, go read it!
DoF picks up right where the time travel shenanigans of the last book left off, dumping Destina, Tas, Raistlin & Sturm in the middle of the Third Dragon War, in possession of the Graygem, needing to find a way home and not disrupt history.
Despite the done to death time travel tropes the story moves at a great pace, and manages to continue to be both very reward for those who know the lore of the series well, but welcoming and informative to those who don't, so no one's lost.
The tone in this novel is a tad lighter than the last, and where it was Destina's story at heart, here she takes a back seat to allow Raistlin and Sturm to have a 2nd (or in Raist's case 3rd, 4th...) shot in the spotlight. Small twist to this being, that these are the characters we know, but different, as they both have and have not lived through the events of all the previous books (time travel, yay!). This allows this particular pairing to share moments they previously would not have. This change might bother some, but I found it refreshing, and it serves well for what's being done with them here. And I won't lie, I'm always just glad to be back with them again.
If you love Dragonlance, it's a no brainer, go read it!