- Paperback: 31 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; First THUS edition (20 May 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1560765836
- ISBN-13: 978-1560765837
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 736,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Chronicles the life of the evil Verminaard, from his humble beginnings to his career as a despised ruler.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
An Amazing Dark and Twisted Tale. . .
2 Aug 1997
Format:Paperback
Before the Mask is onw of the only Dragon Lance novels that I have read that really describes what made a man the way he was. The author starts from the very begining of Verminaard's life and shows why he became evil. It show how he changed from a reletively good person to one that is truly evil. Before The Mask is a very well written book that could be interesting to most reasonably intelligent people. Ones looking for gratuitous violence ought to look somewhere else. However, to those of us who are interested in the making of an evil man this book is well worth buying
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The tradgedy of Verminaard
14 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
This book tells the tale of the life of Verminaard, the Dragon highlord of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. I have to say that I liked this book, to a degree. It starts very slowly and I had a hard time keeping focused during the boring beginning. But the book does pick up and become more interesting when Verminaard begins to fall from grace. The characters aren't the greatest, but the the ending is good. I see this book as a regular Greek tradgedy. Many people die and Verminaard cannot be saved from the hand of evil. But the most sad thing was that through this story, the Dark Queen gets her revenge on Huma. I won't say how, but to a person who's first Dragonlance novel was the Legend of Huma, it can seem really devastating. Read it, and you might enjoy it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Just Not Interesting
6 July 2006
Format:Paperback
This is the story of Verminaard, unloved [...] son of Solamnic Knights, and his road to evil. Though far from being a bad book, it just didn't draw me in. Verminaard's evilness seems to be inborne rather than reactionary, to the point that the supposed contributing factors - the unloving father, the loss of the beloved brother - seem more like asides and much less sympathetic. Likewise with his half-brother Aglaca, who is unfailingly upbeat and loyal for no apparent reason. I understand the story the Williamses were trying to tell, and it took a while to put my finger on what was wrong. Then I realized it was missing a vital element of all great drama: levity. The human experience is not serious all the time. Even in the grimmest tales there is laughter. The unrelenting depression of this book left me frankly unmoved.
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