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Dragonlance: The Warriors #3
Knights of the Sword
The greatest order of chivalry in the history of Krynn.
After a knight has achieved the Order of the Crown, he must then begin his training in the virtues of courage and heroism in order to achieve the Order of the Sword.
This is the second tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward, whose reluctant and inauspicious beginnings bore few clues to his potential as a Knight of the Sword or as a Knight of the Crown, nor as a mentor for another similarly dubious prospect for Krynn's greatest order of chivalry.
Roland J. Green is the author of the Starcruiser Shenandoah and Wandor series and numerous Conan novels, and is coauthor (with Jerr Pournelle) of the Jannisaries series.
The Warriors series details the exploits of the heroes and villains of the War of the Lance.
©1995 TSR, Inc. (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
After a knight has achieved the Order of the Crown, he must then begin his training in the virtues of courage and heroism in order to achieve the Order of the Sword.
This is the second tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward, whose reluctant and inauspicious beginnings bore few clues to his potential as a Knight of the Sword or as a Knight of the Crown, nor as a mentor for another similarly dubious prospect for Krynn's greatest order of chivalry.
Roland J. Green is the author of the Starcruiser Shenandoah and Wandor series and numerous Conan novels, and is coauthor (with Jerr Pournelle) of the Jannisaries series.
The Warriors series details the exploits of the heroes and villains of the War of the Lance.
©1995 TSR, Inc. (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
302 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1995
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Roland J. Green
88 books27 followersRoland James Green is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. He has written as Roland Green and Roland J. Green; and had 28 books in the Richard Blade series published under the pen name 'Jeffrey Lord'.
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July 9, 2018
Another somewhat dubiously named book. There is only one knight to speak of in the book, Pirvan, and he is not exactly the most knightly of knights. He is also not a Knight of the Sword, he is a Knight of the Crown in this book. Minor details...
While this volume suffers from some of the same weaknesses of Green's first book, I found it to be an improvement. There is nothing particularly important to the Dragonlance setting here, but it almost became interesting in the later half of the book. I felt like there was a bit of a missed opportunity to explore the similarities and differences between the brand of honor of the Knights of Solamnia and that of the Minotaurs. It seemed like Green was striving for something along those lines, but the ideas could have used some more time in formulation to have made the comparison more effective.
While this volume suffers from some of the same weaknesses of Green's first book, I found it to be an improvement. There is nothing particularly important to the Dragonlance setting here, but it almost became interesting in the later half of the book. I felt like there was a bit of a missed opportunity to explore the similarities and differences between the brand of honor of the Knights of Solamnia and that of the Minotaurs. It seemed like Green was striving for something along those lines, but the ideas could have used some more time in formulation to have made the comparison more effective.
February 17, 2020
A decent escapist read and pretty typical of many D&D novels. The story follows the further adventures of Sir Pirvan as a Knight of the Crown until his promotion to Knight of the Sword among the renowned Knights of Solamnia in the world of Krynn. I won't try to give any details of the book, but several characters from the previous book/ Warriors #2, return in this one. A good Read and worth some of your time, but not a great one.
March 6, 2009
Okay. This is Sir Pirvan's tale continued. More chivalry, more honor and more trials to prove his worth.
April 8, 2014
My actual rating is 1.5 stars and the only reason I jumped up to .5 star was the final battle scene which I enjoyed.
This takes place in the world of Dragonlance. This is a sequel to Knights of the Crown and continues the story of Sir Pirvan and his wife. In this story, a group of bandits led by a minotaur are roaming free and Pirvan is asked to take care of the problem before it leads to bigger problems.
I did not care for this book. First, I am not a fan of the author's writing style. In the first book, it bothered me but the story more than made up for it. In this book, the story was weak and his style of writing bothered me. There were times when I would read a whole page and had no idea what I just read. Also,there was a secondary plotline that was a waste. I think the author was trying to tie this book with the overall atmosphere of the world of Krynn and he failed miserably. There were several ideas that were throughout the book that did not have an explanation or never explored.
If you are looking for an adventure with knights, I would skip this book. The only way I can recommend this book if you attempting to read every Dragonlance book and if that is the case, good luck.
This takes place in the world of Dragonlance. This is a sequel to Knights of the Crown and continues the story of Sir Pirvan and his wife. In this story, a group of bandits led by a minotaur are roaming free and Pirvan is asked to take care of the problem before it leads to bigger problems.
I did not care for this book. First, I am not a fan of the author's writing style. In the first book, it bothered me but the story more than made up for it. In this book, the story was weak and his style of writing bothered me. There were times when I would read a whole page and had no idea what I just read. Also,there was a secondary plotline that was a waste. I think the author was trying to tie this book with the overall atmosphere of the world of Krynn and he failed miserably. There were several ideas that were throughout the book that did not have an explanation or never explored.
If you are looking for an adventure with knights, I would skip this book. The only way I can recommend this book if you attempting to read every Dragonlance book and if that is the case, good luck.
June 22, 2018
Sir Pirvan attempts to avoid war between Istar and Karthay. He must make peace between a Minotaur and his heir before the war becomes unavoidable.
I did not read this story out loud for an audience and I think it allowed me to enjoy it without the break in flow and understanding.
It is interesting to read about the encroaching and abusive power of Istar. How at this time good leaders still exist (the Kingpriest and General Aurhinius are examples) but many in the capital are bent on the destruction of evil and what they perceive to be evil (Kender are examples in this story) and how they employ evil to meet their "righteous ends".
I did not read this story out loud for an audience and I think it allowed me to enjoy it without the break in flow and understanding.
It is interesting to read about the encroaching and abusive power of Istar. How at this time good leaders still exist (the Kingpriest and General Aurhinius are examples) but many in the capital are bent on the destruction of evil and what they perceive to be evil (Kender are examples in this story) and how they employ evil to meet their "righteous ends".
November 6, 2016
A lot of the same characters from Knights of the Crown which was great. Storyline took me a bit to get into, but it grew on me steadily.
Once again, Sir Privan is not a Knight of the Sword--but a knight of the Crown. So title is a bit misleading, if not giving to much info.
Excited to get to the next book, Knights of the Rose!
Once again, Sir Privan is not a Knight of the Sword--but a knight of the Crown. So title is a bit misleading, if not giving to much info.
Excited to get to the next book, Knights of the Rose!
August 22, 2024
While it's a definite improvement over the pretentiously garbled mess that was the first book, it's still a mess since the writer hasn't yet learned how magic works in DnD, and it seems like he also forgot what happened in the first book, even if it hadn't been a year since that one was published
Indeed, the main characters are at least a decade younger than they were in the first book, even though the second takes place a full decade later (and no, this isn't a prequel), and Hipparan is now a bronze dragon instead of a copper.. what a farce. Oh and once again, the name is also completely unrelated to the book, since there isn't a single Knight of the Sword to be seen
Still, despite the completely incompetent lunatic who wrote this book, this book manages to be a decent read somehow
Indeed, the main characters are at least a decade younger than they were in the first book, even though the second takes place a full decade later (and no, this isn't a prequel), and Hipparan is now a bronze dragon instead of a copper.. what a farce. Oh and once again, the name is also completely unrelated to the book, since there isn't a single Knight of the Sword to be seen
Still, despite the completely incompetent lunatic who wrote this book, this book manages to be a decent read somehow
April 1, 2020
This book is much better than Knights of the Crown. Green seems to have fixed his issue with painfully awkward sentences, describing in loving detail how people's teeth look, and peppering every other sentence with terrible analogies. So, thank god for that.
I still sometimes felt like I had missed entire pages that talked about people's motivations for the things they did; a lot of it just didn't seem to make sense. It was a lot easier to follow than the previous novel though. Green still has an issue with leaving maddening, unexplained loose ends (why minotaur ships attacked and slaughtered every human ship they came to last book, though I'm still sort of hoping one of the next two will explain that, even if over a decade has passed since then. In this book, a magical flood that is never explained washes soldiers away? Why is there a random magical flood?)
Anyway, I hope that the other two books improve as much as this one has.
I still sometimes felt like I had missed entire pages that talked about people's motivations for the things they did; a lot of it just didn't seem to make sense. It was a lot easier to follow than the previous novel though. Green still has an issue with leaving maddening, unexplained loose ends (why minotaur ships attacked and slaughtered every human ship they came to last book, though I'm still sort of hoping one of the next two will explain that, even if over a decade has passed since then. In this book, a magical flood that is never explained washes soldiers away? Why is there a random magical flood?)
Anyway, I hope that the other two books improve as much as this one has.
August 16, 2020
Splendid adventure though I feel like it was a little crammed together. (maybe these have a page limit?). I think with 100 more pages it could’ve been a bit better. I didn’t quite follow some of the political intrigue going on but I thoroughly enjoyed the “old married couple” warriors! So sweet.
Casting:
Cary Elwes as Pirvan
Zoe Saldana as Haimya
Jaimie Alexander as Rubina
Karl Urban as Tarothin
Jorge Garica as Waydol
Sam Worthington as Darin
Casting:
Cary Elwes as Pirvan
Zoe Saldana as Haimya
Jaimie Alexander as Rubina
Karl Urban as Tarothin
Jorge Garica as Waydol
Sam Worthington as Darin
April 12, 2021
I have a few issues with this book, and the one that came before it. But in the end, it's a good story and I find myself liking Pirvan and his group of friends and compatriots. As with most shared worlds fantasy, there are plenty of things to nitpick, but in the end, it was a good time, and that's what's most important. If you're a Dragonlance fan, give it a shot.
August 14, 2020
The first half of the book didn't hold my attention well and I had to reread passages. I enjoyed the last 1/3 of it, but that was it.
December 29, 2020
I just never captured me. I think a case of trying to do to much, with too little time. I've enjoyed the first two books of the series more and think this was just a miss for me for content.
October 26, 2024
His name was Mary Sue.
January 18, 2017
Pirvan el Caballero. La historia de sir Pirvan Wayward, volumen 2 es su nombre en castellano de este libro. He de decir que no me ha entusiasmado para nada. De acuerdo con otra reseña, al principio no me enteré de nada, pero al final coge algo de interés gracias a una espectacular batalla. Puede que a este hecho de no enterarme de nada al principio tenga que ver que no me leí el volumen 1 de esta saga. En cualquier caso, la narrativa no creo que es excelente en este libro, y algún fallo de impresión tiene. Destacar el personaje de Rubina que me encantó, tanto su belleza física como su manera de actuar, 100% sensual y atractiva, además de independiente. El final del libro resulta ciertamente trágico con respecto a los personajes mas queridos de esta obra.
Y nada más, no se si vuelva a leer mas libros de la saga de Pirvan Wayward, ya que este no me atrajo bastante, aunque bien es cierto que la lectura completa de la saga puede cambiar esto.
Y nada más, no se si vuelva a leer mas libros de la saga de Pirvan Wayward, ya que este no me atrajo bastante, aunque bien es cierto que la lectura completa de la saga puede cambiar esto.
October 22, 2021
I just finished reading this one, and I have to say, I just can’t get into Green’s writing style. I think I’ve been spoiled by reading so many Pierson and Thompson/Carter books lately that I keep expecting something more like that from this series. I thought the story felt more like Dragonlance than the previous entry. There were some elements—the Servants of Silence; have they been mentioned elsewhere?—that were very intriguing, and I liked the idea of a Black Robe leaning away from evil, but there was too much stripping of clothes for me. Everyone kept getting naked! I’m not a prude or anything, but it seemed to happen much more often than I would have expected. Waydol and Darin made an interesting pair though, and I appreciated that there were actually Knights of Solamnia in this one!
October 4, 2011
It seems that this series will not improve.
My previous complaints stand. This author knows nothing about Dragonlance (um, the "True Gods" mentions are anachronisms, because they aren't the "True Gods" until AFTER the Cataclysm, during the War of the Lance), and I'm starting to doubt his working knowledge of fantasy (peasants speaking just one step below Shakespearean actors).
The characters are flat and uninteresting, and the plot was crystal clear to me after the first three pages.
I did not finish it.
My previous complaints stand. This author knows nothing about Dragonlance (um, the "True Gods" mentions are anachronisms, because they aren't the "True Gods" until AFTER the Cataclysm, during the War of the Lance), and I'm starting to doubt his working knowledge of fantasy (peasants speaking just one step below Shakespearean actors).
The characters are flat and uninteresting, and the plot was crystal clear to me after the first three pages.
I did not finish it.
April 11, 2013
I did not care of any of this author's work
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