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About Temple of the Dragonslayer

The first title in an all-new Dragonlance series for young readers!

Temple of the Dragonslayer launches a new series of Dragonlance adventures written specifically for readers ages 10 and up. Sized to fit the young reader market, the series features a new band of young companions who band together for friendship and excitement during the golden age of the Dragonlance world. To ensure the appeal of these titles to the proper age group, young readers will be involved in the development of this novel at the manuscript stage. Author Tim Waggoner has written frequently for young readers, and his novels and short stories have been nominated for numerous writing awards.

Nearra does not know who she is or where she lives, but she does know one thing: someone wants her dead. Her only hope lies leagues away, in an ancient temple, where healing clerics may be able to restore her memory.

A helpful young ranger, a failed warrior, a sneaky elf, and a kender wizard offer to accompany Nearra on her journey. She soon learns her newfound friends have secrets of their own. As goblins, an angry minotaur, and a vicious green dragon attempt to stop them at every turn, friendships are tested and all of if may come to ruin from the one Nearra trusts the most.

Review

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Majetag, Reapember the 6th, my name is Adam and today I am going to give you my Spoiler review of Temple of the Dragonslayer by Tim Waggoner. 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.

This is a young adult novel, so the details of the world of Krynn may not be as aggressive or detailed as the Chronicles or Legends. That being said, I am enjoying this beginning. It is an easy read, so don’t expect too convoluted of a story. A female human named Neara wakes with three goblins arguing over what to do with her. She tries to escape, only to run headfirst into a juvenile green dragon named Slean.  It threatens to eat her as Davyn, a human ranger and Maddoc, a human wizard in white robes intervene and put the dragon to sleep. Nearra has amnesia and can't remember anything other than her name, though she feels something inside her, either her own consciousness or another’s. This is a recurring theme in this novel. Davyn and Maddoc offer to take her to the nearby town of Tresvka to seek a healer to see if she could help with the amnesia. This is set after the War of the Lance, though how long after is yet unclear.

They get to the town and Maddoc takes his leave, giving Davyn money to pay the healer. Davyn and Nearra come across a Kender fleeing from a Minotaur who claims the kender stole his money pouch.