Think of it as A New Hope for the world of Dragonlance: Sure, maybe it's a little rough around the edges, maybe it's got one cliché too many, but this baby is pure magic. The first volume in the Dragonlance Chronicles series, this classic from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman started it all for Krynn, eventually spawning a bestselling 90-plus book series. (And, frankly, you'd do well to stick to the Weis-Hickman titles.) All the heroes that you've likely heard of already--the creepy, hourglass-eyed Raistlin, the noble half-elf Tanis, the comic relief Tasselhoff Burrfoot, the curmudgeonly dwarf Flint Fireforge--they're all here, starting the good fight against the Dark Queen Takhisis as the War of the Lance begins. Pick up Dragons of Winter Night when you're done. --Paul Hughes


Book Description
Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

No one expected them to be heroes.

Least of all, them.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

No one expected them to be heroes.

Least of all, them.

SYNOPSIS

The debut Dragonlance title available in hardcover for the first time ever.

The title that started the entire Dragonlance phenomenon is now being released in a trade hardcover edition for the first time in its publishing history. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, this title will be the first in a series of hardcover releases of all of the core Dragonlance titles by Weis & Hickman. This will allow fans and collectors alike the chance to obtain the entire set of core titles in hardcover.

About the Author

Margaret Weis is the author of 14 Dragonlance novels, 11 of them cowritten with Tracy Hickman. She is also the author of the Star of the Guardian novels and has coauthored with her husband Don Perrin the novels Robot Blues, Knights of the Black Earth, Brothers in Arms, The Doom Brigade, Draconian Measures, and Hung Out. She lives in Wisconsin.