Darkness & Light: Preludes, Volume One: Amazon.ca: Paul B. Thompson, Tonya C. Cook: Books

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Before the War of the Lance.

The Companions have gone their separate ways, each vowing to return with news of the growing darkness in Ansalon. Sturm Brightblade, a warrior whose honor is his life, and Kitiara, a passionate woman of uncertain loyalties, travel north in search of Sturm's long-lost father.

Before they reach their destination, a band of gnomes begs for their help. But nothing with gnomes ever goes as planned. The two adventurers are soon thrown into a perilous adventure that will take them beyond the realms of Ansalon, through love and hate, to darkness and light.

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Sturm sets off to find his father, while Kitiara comes along for the adventure. They seek Solamnia--and reach the moon, among other places. A wonderful but tragic tale by the authors of Red Sands. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2.0 out of 5 stars This is a Shame, Sep 17 2003

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... "vilbs" (Montreal) - See all my reviews

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The first book of the "Preludes" trilogy, like the two that follow after it, should never have been allowed to be included in the Dragonlance Saga. I have read them all, and I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't happening. Sturm and Kitiara get together to seek out Sturm's father.... a promising enough start, but before you can say "DUH" they've ended up on Lunitari with a bunch of goofy gnomes and a whiny dragon. There is no development of either the Sturm or Kitiara character, and for those hoping to see seeds of little Steele twinkling in their eyes will be sorely disappointed. This is a poorly written novel, with minimal plot, and little to reccomend it to any but the most hard-core of DL fans. Do yourself a favor and pass this one bye and pick up the "Preludes 2" trilogy, a much stronger and more interesting set.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Front page: gnomes flying machine works!, Jan 31 2003

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Ce commentaire est de: DARKNESS & LIGHT (Mass Market Paperback)

This is about a mercenary named Kitiara and Sturm, a knight of Solamnia. They are going to Solamnia to find Sturm's father, when they lose their horses and come across gnomes with a flying machine. The gnomes promise the humans that if they get them unstuck, they with fly them anywhere they want to go. Sturm, being a knight, is all honorable etc., but Kitiara is quite the opposite. Gnomes are known for being inventors - although about only 10% of their inventions actually work. Kitiara is doubtful that the machine will fly, but they help the gnomes anyway. And the ship, the Cloudmaster, proves to work. All is going well, until something goes wrong, and they crash-land on the moon Lunitari. All red sand and rocks, as far as the eye can see. It's not that bad at first, but when they meet walking, talking (but not so intelligent), tree's, a crazy survivor from a strange incident, giant crystal ants, and when Kitiara grows as strong as ten men, Sturm has visions, and all the gnomes get better at what they were already good at (though they couldn't make it rain before...), they decided that they had better get off the moon - quickly.
Although Kitiara is not a character that I really like, I found the book funny and entertaining.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, Dec 19 2002

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I was a somewhat disapointed that you did not find out how Sturm and Kit fall in love. The trip they take is an amazing jurney that takes them out of this world. The gnomes were very amusing to read about. There isn't much more to say except that I would have to say reea this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Really Horrible, but No Good Either
I tried to like this book, really I did. I went into it expecting a light read, not Shakespeare mind you. But light reads are supposed to be LIGHT! Lisez davantage

Published on July 24 2002 by Heather Richards

3.0 out of 5 stars Darkness and Light yields a bland gray
This book was one the first Dragonlance novels starring the Companions that was not written by Weis and Hickman, and unfortunately it provides ample ammunition to the "If its not... Lisez davantage

Published on Mar 11 2002 by Eric Savage