Join me as I review Spirit of the Wind by Chris Pierson, live! Share your thoughts on this first volume in the Bridges of Time series, released by Wizards of the Coast on September 1, 1998. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/4ncHNNH 

A year has passed since the Chaos War threatened Krynn. In the east, on the Dairly Plains, the hard-won peace is shattered by a new threat: the red dragon Malystryx.

The kender Kronn-alin Thistleknot travels to Abasasinia with his older sister, Catt. Together they seek heroes to stop the dragon from destroying Kendermore.

Riverwind, aging chieftain of the Que-Shu, answers the call. Accompanied by his beloved daughter Brightdawn, Riverwind sets out in his final quest to save the kender from Malys’s wrath…and to find sense in a world abandoned by the gods.

Chris Pierson’s novel tells the stirring tale of the final quest of Riverwind, one of the original companions of the best-selling Dragonlance series.

Join me as I review The Siege of Mt. Nevermind by Fergus Ryan, live! Share your thoughts on this fifth volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast on September 1, 1999. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/4lHieTI 

A miraculous machine . . . and a nightmare!

Innova, a young gnomish recluse finds himself in a terrible situation. Tried in a gnomish court for an unfortunate accident and sentenced to spend months at the bottom of Mt. Nevermind tuning gnomeflingers, young Innova makes an incredible discovery. The whole gnomish society is changed by one machine that, unlike any other gnomish invention, makes the entire mountain run like clockwork.

In the face of this, Commander Halion Khargos of the Knights of Tahkisis must fulfill his Vision, sent to him by the Dark Queen Tahkisis. He must take Mt. Nevermind.

Fergus Ryan tells the amazing story of the gnomes of Mt. Nevermind during the upheval of the Chaos War. And because they’re gnomes, their adventures are punctuated with two or three explosions.

Join me as I review Reavers of the Blood Sea by Richard A. Knaak, live! Share your thoughts on this fourth volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast on January 1, 1999. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/45PJw4A

Chaos’s evil shadow sweeps over Krynn

During the hottest summer in memory, minotaurs fight against the Knights of Takhisis, into whose hands their god Sargonnas has delivered them. In the midst of the conflict, the armies of Chaos plunge into the heart of Ansalon.

Now the minotaur warrior Aryx must unite his people and their enemy, the knights, against the monstrous servants of Chaos. If he succeeds, the two sides may forge a bond that will change Krynn for all time.

If he fails, then they will all perish.

Richard Knaak, author of the New York Times best-selling The Legend of Huma, tells this thrilling tale of the minotaurs of Krynn in the time of the Chaos War.

Join me as I review The Puppet King by Douglas Niles, live! Share your thoughts on this third volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast on February 1, 1999. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/45fg5sp

Treason within, war from without.

Torn asunder by the nightmares of a mad king, the elven realm of Silvanesti has nearly been restored to its former grandeur. But the elf Porthios, returning to his homeland, launches a rebellion against young Gilthas, his own nephew.

Gilthas’s troubles are multiplied by threats from green dragons and from the Knights of Takhisis. Now, with Porthios at his throat, Gilthas must choose between blood and honor.

Douglas Nile’s new Dragonlance novel is filled with treachery and intrigue among the elves during the Chaos War, the backdrop for The New York Times best-selling novel Dragons of Summer Flame.

Join me as I unbox the Tales of Uncle Trapspringer, Adventures in Krynn by Dixie Lee McKeone. This is the third novel in the Lost Legends series. It was released in 1997 by Wizards of the Coast. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/4lEzU3a 

The most famous and legendary kender of them all finally takes (or borrows) center stage!When Wanderlust overcomes young Trapspringer Fargo, his insatiable drive for adventure propels him along a route that only a kender could map. With curiosity as his only guide, he sets out across Ansalon and unknowingly crosses paths with a pair of corrupt gully dwarves and a misplaced evil fiend (Oops!). The result is not only the inevitable madness and mayhem, but also a chance for the diminutive Trapspringer to save all of Krynn from a catastrophie of Takhisian proportions.

Join me as I review Tears of the Night Sky by Linda P. Baker & Nancy Varian Berberick, live! Share your thoughts on this second volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast on October 1, 1998. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/4md9N3b 

A journey into peril.Cyrsania, high priestess of the Temple of Paladine, is blind to the beauty of the world but not to the joy of her faith. Lately, though, her communion with the god of light has become distant. Now a mysterious stone has come into her possession. Its power compels her to undertake a merilous quest, accompanied by a strange band of companions.Together they endure the burning heat of Kyrnn’s most violet summer as they struggle toward their destination: the Temple at Neraka.

If they reach it, their world will be transformed forever.This novel, set in the time of the Chaos War, brings to life the story of Crysania, a Revered Daughter of Paladine, and Dalamar, the dark elf.

Join me as I review The Last Thane by Douglas Niles, live! Share your thoughts on this first volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast in 1998. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/44Qd7u1

Dark dwarves…darker schemes…and rising chaos.

For generations the baser clans of Thorbardin have raged against Hylar, ancestral rulers of the vast underground realm. Now, the finest Hylar army has marched away to face the Knights of Takhisis — and the dark dwarves see their opportunity.

Besieged in the Life Tree that is their fortress city, the Hylar struggle to survive. Magic and madness threaten from all sides as Theiwar, Daergar, and Klar press the onslaught with bloodthirsty frenzy.

The forces of Chaos join the battle against all dwarvenkind. And hopes grow dim as the Hylar face ultimate betrayal and confront the specter of Torbardin’s ultimate doom.

This exciting new novel by popular Dragonlance author Douglas Niles tells the tale of the legendary dwarven kingdom during the Chaos War, the backdrop for The New York Times best-selling novel, Dragons of Summer Flame.

Join me as I unbox the The Odyssey of Gilthanas (Dragonlance Reader’s Companion) by Douglas Niles, Stan!, and Steve Miller. It was released on July 20, 1999 by Wizards of the Coast. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/4lSCGlg 

Gilthanas, legendary Hero of the Lance, has loved and lost. He drove his beloved away, unable to accept the fact that Silvara is not an elf, but an ancient dragon. Too late, he realized that she is the only person who can make his life complete.

Now the elven prince quests to find his lost love. Assassins dog his trail as Gilthanas travels across an Ansalon scarred by Chaos and the coming of the Great Dragons, searching for his heart’s desire.

Will Gilthanas find Silvara, or will death find him first?

This novella explores for the first time the fate of the DRAGONLANCE Saga’s most famous lovers. An appendix in the tradition of Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home provides details on Gilthanas’s Odyssey, as well as the complete rules to the DRAGON WARS card game.

Join me as I review Fistandantilus Reborn by Douglas Niles, live! Share your thoughts on this second volume of three in the Lost Legends series, released by TSR, INC. in 1997. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/3U1C0hh 

A Lost Gods book

Emilo Haversack is unusually worried for a kender – though he can’t for the life of him remember what his problem is. Still, he’s been wandering across Ansalon for quite some time, trying to remember what’s wrong. All he can recall is the name of a very evil, very dead wizard…Fistandantilus.

Joined by a young kendermaid, a human lad, and a devout, if somewhat naive priest, Emilo is drawn into a mysterious quest. As he draws closer to the secret of his past, he and his friends find themselves caught in an increasingly sinister web of intrigue.

And as the conclusion of the adventure approaches, the companions learn that their purpose is one that could catapult them from Krynn – and forever change the destiny of the world they leave behind.

I am proud to say my son Gabriel created this song for our Dungeons & Dragons 2024 – Tyranny of Dragons actual play. This song highlights all six of the heroes:

You can listen to the audio here:

And you can see the AI video here: