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Dragonlance: Taladas #3
Shadow of the Flame
Explore the far-off continent of Taladas in the exciting conclusion to The Taladas Chronicles!
As war and devastation spread across the continent of Taladas, a small band of heroes has just suffered a devastating loss in a fight to determine the world's fate. Barreth Forlo, their leader, has been possessed by the spirit of Maladar the Faceless, a sorcerer-king who seeks to return to power, by whatever means necessary. Now Shedara and Hult, Forlo's companions, must push on without him, bound for the safety of the distant Rainward Isles. Pitted against their friend, they must find a way to stop Maladar from raising his ancient empire from the ashes of history --and the answer may well lie in Forlo's own son, who carries a secret even he doesn't understand.
As war and devastation spread across the continent of Taladas, a small band of heroes has just suffered a devastating loss in a fight to determine the world's fate. Barreth Forlo, their leader, has been possessed by the spirit of Maladar the Faceless, a sorcerer-king who seeks to return to power, by whatever means necessary. Now Shedara and Hult, Forlo's companions, must push on without him, bound for the safety of the distant Rainward Isles. Pitted against their friend, they must find a way to stop Maladar from raising his ancient empire from the ashes of history --and the answer may well lie in Forlo's own son, who carries a secret even he doesn't understand.
408 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 12, 2007
About the author
Chris Pierson
39 books24 followersAuthor of GREENSWORD, a dark comedy about global warming. Author of Forced Conversion, a military science fiction novel set in the near future. Also author of a variety of short fiction in the fantasy, science fiction, horror, and comedy genres, and gaming material, including stories in the Dragonlance and Transformers universes and in a variety of DAW themed anthologies. World's top-ranked player of RPGA Classic roleplaying game tournaments from 1985-2000. See more at www.donaldjbingle.com."
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April 23, 2017
This book is the third book of a trilogy and the other two must be read before this one. This book belongs to the Draganlance universe. In this one, Maladar is corporeal and has visions of conquest. Our heroes from the first two books plan to stop him.
I enjoyed this trilogy but this one was the weakest of the three books. There was plenty of action for the action enthusiasts. Also, on the postive side, the author does an amazing job with the setting and its creatures. The reader definitely gets a feel of what the author is trying to convey with the setting. The new creatures he introduced were interesting and his take on existing creatures was a welcome change. The problem with this novel was the story was all action and it seemed like there was very little character development. I think this book would have benefited if it was longer. Also, the finale twist was a letdown. It was hinted at throughout the book. It would have made sense to do it earlier in the book instead of taking the chance that evil would win. But then we wouldn't of had a whole book to read.
This was a decent trilogy that started out strong with its characters and its setting. Unfortunately, it kind of fizzled out as the action took central stage instead of the characters.
I enjoyed this trilogy but this one was the weakest of the three books. There was plenty of action for the action enthusiasts. Also, on the postive side, the author does an amazing job with the setting and its creatures. The reader definitely gets a feel of what the author is trying to convey with the setting. The new creatures he introduced were interesting and his take on existing creatures was a welcome change. The problem with this novel was the story was all action and it seemed like there was very little character development. I think this book would have benefited if it was longer. Also, the finale twist was a letdown. It was hinted at throughout the book. It would have made sense to do it earlier in the book instead of taking the chance that evil would win. But then we wouldn't of had a whole book to read.
This was a decent trilogy that started out strong with its characters and its setting. Unfortunately, it kind of fizzled out as the action took central stage instead of the characters.
November 17, 2017
The visuals were great. I just didn't like any of the characters besides Azar and the gnomes. But then, I always like gnomes (and kenders). Why did Shedara, Hult, Forlo and Essana have to be such unlikable people? Pah. Also, so many people died in these books that by the end of the trilogy, I was simply tired by all the slaughter. It didn't move me anymore. I just went, "Aaaaaaaaand they died. Of course. Of course." An overabundance of dying.
June 27, 2020
An exciting end to a surprisingly good, little known, Dragonlance trilogy, set on Krynn's other continent Taladas.
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