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Not as good as Amber and Ashes (Vol 1), but the ending makes you want more.
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Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple #2
Amber and Iron
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The world of Krynn is ever changing, and even the gods can be taken by surprise. And if that’s true of the gods, what chance can a mere mortal have? Caught up in forces none of them could hope to face alone, a small but determined band of adventurers come together in a desperate attempt to stop an invasion.
Mina, as enigmatic as ever, escapes imprisonment to set off on a quest that will test even her considerable will. All the while, evil spreads across the land, gaining ground with each new day. With so much at stake, with the very soul of Krynn on the line, champions must be found even in the darkest places.
Mina, as enigmatic as ever, escapes imprisonment to set off on a quest that will test even her considerable will. All the while, evil spreads across the land, gaining ground with each new day. With so much at stake, with the very soul of Krynn on the line, champions must be found even in the darkest places.
373 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1,2005
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373 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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November 7, 2006 by Wizards of the Coast
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9780786940868
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0786940867
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English
About the author
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Margaret Edith Weis is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.
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Segundas partes nunca fueron buenas, pero en este caso es excelente. Apoteósico final
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Can't wait for the next!
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Couldn't put it down and had me dying for the last part to come out.
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As for the first book in the series, I find this one a bit below the typical Margaret Weis book. However, there was a definite improvement with respect to the previous one. The plot starts to become more consistent and interesting, and it tends to something clearer than the rather confusing Amber and Ashes.
The final revelation comes as a revelation only partially. It was somehow clear that there was something special about Mina, but actually the real nature of her peculiarities was quite unexpected.
What I found weak in this book are two issues. One is the main character. Rhys is quite dull, and easily succumbs to the will of just about anybody who orders him around, in a very passive way. He somehow reminds me of Shadow from American Gods, accepting without so much as a complaint everything that any god asks of him.
The other weakness is in the gods, who are too humanized in my opinion.They bicker and grumble and annoy each other much as nasty humans, and even their powers don't even appear that godlike.
All in all, a decent book, although Margaret can (and usually does) create much better works.
There are also serious issues with the editing. Plenty of typos and spelling mistakes, showing that the proofreading was very poor. This is an issue that I have often encountered with TSR / WotC books.
The final revelation comes as a revelation only partially. It was somehow clear that there was something special about Mina, but actually the real nature of her peculiarities was quite unexpected.
What I found weak in this book are two issues. One is the main character. Rhys is quite dull, and easily succumbs to the will of just about anybody who orders him around, in a very passive way. He somehow reminds me of Shadow from American Gods, accepting without so much as a complaint everything that any god asks of him.
The other weakness is in the gods, who are too humanized in my opinion.They bicker and grumble and annoy each other much as nasty humans, and even their powers don't even appear that godlike.
All in all, a decent book, although Margaret can (and usually does) create much better works.
There are also serious issues with the editing. Plenty of typos and spelling mistakes, showing that the proofreading was very poor. This is an issue that I have often encountered with TSR / WotC books.
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It would have been nice to reread my review for the first installment in the Dark Disciple series, but I think I said something about enjoying my return to Krynn as it has been a number of years since last I was there (or something like that).
What I can say about the second installment is that it is tremendously better than the first one and I actually liked the first one. I found the story being told at a good pace. Ms. Weis did a fine job building up to the key discoveries in this novel. The end was just amazing.
I look forward to reading the final installment!
What I can say about the second installment is that it is tremendously better than the first one and I actually liked the first one. I found the story being told at a good pace. Ms. Weis did a fine job building up to the key discoveries in this novel. The end was just amazing.
I look forward to reading the final installment!
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Reviewed as the whole Dark Disciple Trilogy.
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Mina has taken herself to the next level of godly complications, which is never good because all it does is create trouble for the world. I don't want to spoil anything. It is a truly wonderful second to the first of this trilogy. I rather wish I had the third one on hand to finish it off, to find out what happens after the end of Amber & Iron. There is no dawdling in the plot, so don't worry about it dragging on, just worry about the Beloved of Chemosh along with the god himself. We'll discover a lot about Mina in this instalment, some of which even terrifies her. I highly recommend picking up the second if you loved the first.
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