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About Dragon Spell

The eighth title in the new Dragonlance adventure series for young readers.

Dragon Spell continues a new series of Dragonlance fantasy adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a group of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world.

Review

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Majetag, Darkember the 8th, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review of Dragon Spell by Jeff Sampson. I will be spoiling the story, so if you don’t want to know it, stop watching now! I would like to take a moment and thank the members of this YouTube channel, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate link. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.

The novel picks up with Davyn in Asvorias tower. She had stripped him of all his weapons, and locked them in a tower room. She knows that he came to her to kill her and is going along with the ruse that he wants to serve her. She calls him to the tower to watch her cast a summoning spell. Many different types of creatures appear out of the forest, seemingly confused, then they begin attacking each other. The victors are part of her army she is building. Ophian appears beside Davyn and there is no love between them at all, even though they are both essentially slaves to Asvoria. 

The sorceress is trying to find a dragon to transfer her essence into in order to dominate Krynn, but no dragon she approaches wants anything to do with her. Her 2,000 year old plan of world domination seems to be stalled. This is all compounded by the fact that Nuitari will be full in a day and she wants to use that night to transfer her essence. Nearra inside her is fighting as best she can, but it ends up being nothing more than a nuisance to Asvoria.

She sends Ophion to take care of Davyn’s friends who she knows are coming, and locks Davyn in his room. Ophion takes the summoned beasts and comes across Catriona. She is with Sindri and Maddoc. Maddoc is teaching Sindri the spells necessary to split Asvoria from Nearra, still pretending not to have magic. We are still led to believe that Elidore is dead, which seems like such a waste since we know he isn't. They defeat Ophion’s beasts and Ophian escapes when they run into Jirah, Rina and Mudd, who were supposedly headed to Palanthas, but are now near Asvorias tower because why? Well, it’s in the script, that's why. Jirah and Rina hate each other, both smitten with Davyn and jealous of each other.

They all decide to go to the tower together, but cannot see it through the forest, just as Davyn, all cut up, comes running through the trees. This is so painful, obviously Ophian, but everyone believes it's Davyn, and he demands they all go to fight Asvoria immediately. So everyone follows him to the tower where they see Asvoria on the battlements, and Davyn changes to Ophian, of course! Asvoria begins casting a spell that causes the various summoned beasts to merge together like voltron. Those who didnt merge were revealed as undead slave warriors. They parted a way for the heroes to enter the keep,