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Dragonlance Preludes II: Tanis, the Shadow Years v. 3 (TSR Fantasy) (Hardcover)
by Barbara Siegel (Author), Scott Siegel (Author)

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (25 April 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140143742
ISBN-13: 978-0140143744
Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm

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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 238,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This volume is part of the "Preludes II" saga which includes "Riverwind" and "The Plainsman". This particular book tells of Tanis, half-elven, and what happened when he disappeared into the mountains near Solace. When he returns he is changed - ennobled and with a secret.

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Well-worked plot but inadequate resolution, 2 Oct 2007

By	ldxar1 "ldxar1" (UK) - See all my reviews

Following the success of the better-known Dragonlance saga and legends, the world was expanded via a series of spinoff novels, many concentrating on the histories of characters from the earlier stories. In this prelude, Tanis the half-elf gets the opportunity to travel back in time, or rather in memory, when a enigmatic dwarf leads him to an even more enigmatic magic-user. He is sent back nearly a hundred years, to a time of war between humans and elves and to a mainly elven village under attack from a human horde. Tanis succeeds in finding his father, but is utterly horrified at the brutal man (which is surprising to Tanis, but hardly to the reader given what we know of Tanis's origins). Most of the story focuses on another aspect of the journey: Tanis is supposed to be bringing back the mage's lost love Brandella from the age of their greatest infatuation. In the process, Tanis gets caught up in battles between humans and elves. Among the heroes of the moment are Tanis and Brandella, the mage's younger self, an incompetent human comedian and a hard-working but poor dwarvish couple, each of whom develop distinct plot trajectories turning into different sub-stories. The bulk of the novel occurs in the past/memory setting, but there are also sequences in the "present" (slightly