Dragons of the Highlord Skies (Dragon Lance: The Lost Chronicles, Vol. 2)

Product Details

Product Reviews

(5 stars) - Evil Never Looked So Good
This is one of the new books in the Dragonlance saga. It chronicles the War of the Lance through evil's perspective. However, there are parts that help to enrich the War of the Lance and refine Krynn just a bit more. A must for Kitiara fans!!

(5 stars) - Pretty durn good!
This is an exciting read, and it provides more depth to the puzzling character--derek crownguard. Overall, its just plain awesome.

(3 stars) - Good but flawed.
I guess I'm just too much of a perfectionist, but if you're going to write a book about what's already been established...shouldn't you at least make it accurate with your own work? Just a few flaws I noticed in this book that are directly contradicted in Dragons of Winter Night:

1) There's never a single mention of them finding the lance while in Ice Wall in this book. Unforgiving, considering its huge role in DoWN.
2) Takhisis is setting up the Knights and allowing them to get the orb? In DoWN she is furious they got it and even send Sleet after them in order to retrieve it. Huh?
3) Speaking of Sleet, in this novel she is sent out of Ice Wall as a ruse. A way to lure everyone into her lair...in DoWN she is out scouting the area unknowing as to what's going on in Ice Wall.
4) Gilthanis is kicking and screaming in this novel and saying the Dragon Orb should go to the elves...yet in DoWN he is happily taking it to Sancrist for the Humans to use. Huh???
5) Brian makes Sturm his Scribe in this novel, therefore meaning he is also under Derek's command...but in DoWN Sturm is defiant to Derek and says he doesn't have to listen to him cause he's not in the Knighthood. Being a Scribe means you're in the Knighthood, pal.
6) DoWN says the companions were chased by bears, wolves, and Thanoi before finally discovering Ice Wall Castle and fighting Feal-Thas. In this novel they have very little interaction with the Thanoi and only see 1 farkin bear. WHAT?

That's just for starters. Again characters aren't acting themselves and everything seems a little forced. DoWN recaps what happens in this book...did Weis and Hickman just forget what they had said happened and decide to go against it? NO mention of discovering a Silver Dragon encased in ice with a Knight of Solamnia on its back holding a Dragon Lance?? How do you just decide to ignore that part? I don't get it.

Also, Kitiara is boring. I don't care about her at all in this book. She's petty and seems like a lovesick girl. It's annoying. And her whole 18 pages with Lord Soth...wow. All that buildup for 18 pages. Lord Soth is one of the best characters in the books history and that's all he gets. Good job.

(3 stars) - What exactly did the Blue Lady do during the War of the Lance?
Dragons of the Highlord Skies details Kitiara Uth Matar's rise within the ranks of the Dragon Army, and Laurana's struggle to accept the loss of Tanis whilst helping a trio of Solamnic Knights search for a second Dragon Orb.

I was a little disappointed after finishing the first book of the Chronicles, Dragons Of The Dwarven Depths: The Lost Chronicles, Volume One (Dragonlance). The characters felt a little "off". While Dragons of the Highlord Skies did a better job of recapturing the personalities of beloved characters, I felt Weis and Hickman spent a little too much time on characters introduced in this novel whereas I would have preferred to see more depth imparted to the relationships we already care about thanks to the original trilogy. Considering what happens in Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Chronicles), I would have loved more interaction between Laurana and Sturm.

Though I didn't enjoy Dragons of the Highlord Skies as much as the original novels, it's a pretty satisfying read, and I enjoyed learning more about what Kitiara was up to whilst the Companions were traipsing around Krynn in the The Annotated Chronicles (Dragonlance: Dragonlance Chronicles). However, I'll freely admit to being sorely disappointed by the much anticipated meeting of Kitiara and Lord Soth. Instead of spending chapters detailing Kitara's journey to Dargaard Keep, I'd have preferred reading about the meeting itself, rather that being fobbed off with what felt like a summary.

Notwithstanding the Kitiara/Lord Soth letdown, I am really looking forward to Dragons of the Hourglass Mage as Weis and Hickman seem to be getting back into their groove, and Raistlin always was one of my favourite characters.

(5 stars) - I love Dragonlance
I love the Dragonlance series anyway, but this book was one of the best. I like stories about Raistlin and the rest of the heroes of the lance. I can't wait for the "Hourglass Mage".
Thanks
Tim

Popular Searches in Books