Tanis: The Shadow Years: Preludes, Volume Six: Amazon.ca: Barbara Siegel, Scott Siegel: Books

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The sixth and final title in a series of recovers of the classic Preludes series.

First launched over a decade ago, the Preludes series has continued to prove popular with Dragonlance fans. This re-release of Tanis, The Shadow Years showcases a new look that is also reflected in the other recovers of this series. The title features cover art from lead Dragonlance saga artist Matt Stawicki.

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Barbara and Scott Siegel are authors of 46 books, five of which have been national best-sellers. Among their works are The Encyclopedia of Hollywood and American Film Comedy.

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"ANOthER MUG Of alE fOR MY fRiEND," CRiED thE homely dwarf. Read the first page

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2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, Jan 19 2002

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"vedvedsica" (Auckland, NZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TANIS,SHADOW YEARS (Mass Market Paperback)

As with quite a few of the Preludes and Meetings books, this seemed out of tune with the Chronicles view of Tanis. There is a certain way the Tanis talks and acts, but these authors couldn't quite seem to grasp it.
The plot was slightly ridiculous. I find it difficult to believe Tanis would even consider starting on this adventure just to find news about his father.
I don't usually object to a bit of love mixed into a story, but when it becomes the story to the exclusion of all else, I start to worry.
The whole thing about Death was stupid. This, along with the rest of the happenings in the book, is never mentioned by Tanis in the Chronicles series. A lot of the Preludes are a bad conclusion to a good idea.
In saying all this, I still enjoyed the first half of the book. The rest really set my teeth on edge.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good book!, Oct 12 2001

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Andy. Gillum (indian mound, tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TANIS,SHADOW YEARS (Mass Market Paperback)

Unlike The Oath & The Measure,The Companions,Darkness & Light and Kendermore, this actually fits into the Dragonlance saga - a few days after the Companions seperate & almost a month before Raistlin takes the Test.
Unlike those others books, the writing's very good as well. I'd definately recommend this one.

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1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst Dragonlance Book I've Read!, Aug 8 2001

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"pj59" (Edge of the Earth, Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TANIS,SHADOW YEARS (Mass Market Paperback)

As an avid Dragonlance fan, I was severely disappointed with this novel. It had absolutely no bearing on any of Tanis' further adventures and didn't even begin to answer Tanis' questions about his father. ( BTW, for an EXCELLENT view of that tale, read "The Inheritance.) Tanis had stated in the Chronicles that he'd been in lands not friendly to elves, but this was set in an Elven village; the Red Robed mage was part human, part elf, and the only acceptable mages to elves are White Robes; and to add insult to injury we get bogged down in a sappy love story and end up in the place of Death, where apparently silver dragons get to breathe fire instead of the breath weapon of cold that they're born with! Makes you wonder if the authors read the original works at all. I'd love to see a well-written book about what happened to Tanis in the five years prior to the Chronicles, but this wasn't it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I hate this BOOK
Ok This book really really made me MAD. 10 pages before the end I realized what the whole plot was; and it left much to be desired. .... Read more

Published on Jun 2 2001 by Qavi Popal

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book but they hurt Tanis
The author was exelent. He has you guessing from the get-go. But he tried to make Tanis (an already great caractor) his own. Read more

Published on Nov 23 2000