Leadership and collective action
Laurana is appointed to command knights and an army, organises a flying cavalry and leads campaigns against the Dragonarmies; other heroes also lead people in the wider conflict.
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Margaret Weis - Author
Tracy Hickman - Author
Andrew Dabb - Author
Paul Boehmer - Author
A large-scale fantasy adventure combining dragon warfare, military leadership, perilous travel and personal loyalties. Its strongest supplied emphasis is the connection between external battles and the companions’ doubts, betrayals and difficult choices.
Dragons. Creatures of legend. Stories told to children. But now dragons have returned to Krynn. The darkness of war and destruction engulfs the land. Hope dawns with the coming of spring. Armed at last with the dragonlances, the heroes lead the people in the final desperate battle against the dragons. Knight and barbarian, warrior and half-elf, dwarf and kender and dark-souled mage; they must overcome their own doubts and resolve their own conflicts before they can hope to defeat - Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA large-scale fantasy adventure combining dragon warfare, military leadership, perilous travel and personal loyalties. Its strongest supplied emphasis is the connection between external battles and the companions’ doubts, betrayals and difficult choices.
Laurana is appointed to command knights and an army, organises a flying cavalry and leads campaigns against the Dragonarmies; other heroes also lead people in the wider conflict.
Tanis is described as concealing part of his circumstances; Kitiara uses a message about Tanis to draw Laurana into an apparent trap, while personal and military loyalties overlap.
Expect fantasy warfare, dragons, pursuit, perilous travel, magical powers, betrayal, hostage-taking, threatened characters and references to death.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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Dragons of Spring Dawning : The Dragonlance Chronicles
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