The Lioness

Dragonlance: The Age of Mortals #2

by Nancy Varian Berberick

In the embattled kingdom of Qualinesti, Dark Knights harass the common folk, and the once-proud Elven Senate moves at the will of the green dragon Beryl. Even the elf king walks a tightrope between serving the needs of his people and keeping the dragon's knights peaceful.
Out of these mired politics a mysterious heroine arises, a Kagonesti woman of the forest glades and rocky eastern reaches. She and her loyal band of resistance fighters swiftly become the terror of the Dark Knights. Known to friend and foe as The Lioness, she is the champion of the people who have been bled by the dragon's taxes and ground under the steel-shod boots of the hostile knights.
She is Kerianseray, the king's own outlaw, his secret lover, and his secret weapon.

Genres: Dragonlance, Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Dragons, Ebooks

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

Nancy Varian Berberick is an American fantasy author well known for her work in the Dragonlance series. She has written 12 fantasy novels, eight of which have been in the Dragonlance saga, and numerous short stories. Her Wizards of the Coast biography mentions that she is fond of going through a thesaurus. She enjoys Beowulf, Norse mythology, and Orlando Innamorato.

Reviews

[Christina Stind · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable read about the hardships a conquered nation and country find itself in and the struggle of finding a way towards freedom and how even kin not always see eye to eye.
We follow the main character as she goes from protected servant in the kingdom of Qualinesti's capital and mistress to the king and her way towards being an outlaw, the hope of her people, the Lioness.
Having met this character in other Dragonlance novels, it's interesting to see how she became the Lioness.

[Edward Walsh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a novel I was not expecting much from but was presently surprised by. I had lost a lot of interest in the elven kingdoms of Qualinesti and Silvanesti with the 1st series of dragonlance. However Berberick has used the discovery and enslavement of the Kagonesti and their lands to breath life into their stuffy world.

[Victoria Edwards · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up at a used book store before traveling. I was just looking for something to kill time waiting in airport terminals. I enjoyed the book but it is not one of those books that I'll likely read again any time soon.

[Ully · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book appears to be written by a frustrated lesbian.

The diesel-powered female protagonist turns innumerable male enemies with bot intelligence into a mincemeat.

There are as much as 300 pages standing between the reader and the anticlimactic ending.

* UNREADABLE * BURN BEFORE READING *

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the story of Kerianseray, a half elf and a powerful woman. It's an excellent story.