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Tanis: The Shadow Years: Preludes, Volume Six

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

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. ....

What was the whole purpose of Tanis going back in time? The description of life after death was so insane, yet I tolerated it hoping that the plot would not fail in the end. and it DID! .... ....

dont get me wrong. I liked the book untill halfway. the rest got annoying. and the END just totaly ticked me OFF

I give this book a 2 on a scale of 1 - 10

The author was exelent. He has you guessing from the get-go. But he tried to make Tanis (an already great caractor) his own. The problem is that Tanis' entire personality is differnt (and wrong). The problems range from the way he talks to what he does to the way he thinks. You'll find yourself thinking that this is a compleetly differnt person and he's not anywhere as good as he used to be.

This book was very surprising to me, it was the first I chose to read after reading the 4 main books.(Summer,Winter,Autumn,Spring) I was very pleased with the plot and how well the character's were developed.

You feel what it is like to be Tanis. It has no real relavance to the origional books, but is a wonderfull side story.

Another tale of the future Heroes of the Lance... and this one is dynamite!

Tanis becomes a quest for a magic user (Kishpa) and his dwarven friend (Clotnik). Kishpa and Clotnik "trap" Tanis by offering to tell about his family, for a price... Tanis must be magicallly transported into Kishpa's memory and save a human love interest (Brandella), and bring her into the real world before Kishpa passes...

Throughout this novel, the reader will be involved in many battles, the realm of Death (where they meet interesting creatures and people;one of which-Fistandantilus!), and the reader will also live through a well thought out love story. The reader will also be introduced to some creatures new to DL.

By the way--Clotnik... is a dwarf who, like Tanis, seeks knowledge of his family... this is a really good novel by Barbara and Scott Seigel; a captivating addition to the Dragonlance saga!

TO me, this was, by far, better than any other preludes book, tales book, (except maybe love and war) and practically any other Dragonlance book available. This book has it all, action, romance, its even got some pretty funny parts to it. The characters seem real, not just some shallow wannabe adventurer, and the plot is great. The fighting in this book was truly spectacular in the detail. If you ever are gonna read DL, than you have to get this book!

This book is by far the best book I have read next to Soulforge of course. I want to know why these people are ragging on such a great book. This is the kind of book you read and want to read it again. This book was so interesting it took me only two days to read. I find Tanis to be one of the great characters of Dragonlance. Next To Raistlin Of Course. This book is one of the greatest books of the Dragonlace series. So, if you want a very good book, read Tanis, The Shadow Years. I promise you it will not be a mistake. Read Soulforge too while you're at it, trust me again this book took me a day to read. It's 408 pages of nerve shaking excitement. Read Tanis, The Shadow Years, and if you don't like it, then write me a e-mail of complaint. Please send me feedback.. I WANT TO BE NOTICED! PUNKS NOT DED AND IT WILL NEVER DIE!

though i am new to the world of krynn, i am an avid fan. after seaching for this book for months, i was disapointed with it for the time tanis went back in time. after that point, the fight with the giant spider was the only part that got my heart pounding. the foundation of the book, although solid, was a bit too shallow.