Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras)
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 076531973X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Worst book ever written by this team!" according to Mark C. I love this writing team, however they dropped the ball in a serious fashion with this book. It is almost as if this book was written by ghost writer(s). Everything that Weis and Hickman do well is done poorly in this book. The characters are shallow and childish with the reasoning skills of a four year old. The writing is also done at an almost elementary scho. "A good introduction to a new world" according to Andy Gray. Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is the first novel in a new six book series titled Dragonships. I scoured the internet for the names of the names of the other books, but was unable to find any information. Fans of the fantasy genre will no doubt recognize Weis and Hickman from their Dragonlance Chronicles fame. However, this duo has colla. Alphonce D said Not Bad !. A little slow in starting. It gets better as it goes!Like most,it gets hard to put down towards the end! I liked it!
Despite some clumsy alterations to Norse myth and history, Weis and Hickman (Dragons of the Highlord Skies) have created a believably human story out of their mix of saga and sorcery, and the problems of ruling after the glee of seizing the crown make Skylan a more honest and sympathetic hero than the typical, overly successful fantasy protagonist. Impetuously, he plunges ahead on a quest to recover the sacred Vektan Torque, but betrayal leaves the voyagers in chains. (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Bu
Welcome to the World of Dragonships!Skylan Ivorson is a sea-raider of the Vindras and eventually becomes the Chief of Chiefs of all Vindras clans, an honor he truly feels he deserves as one who has been blessed by Skoval, the god of war. The fate of the Old Gods and the Vindras rests on their recovery--for this is not only a quest to save the world. But sometimes a blessing is a curse in disguise.Skoval and the other ancient gods are under siege from a new generation of gods who are challenging them for the powers of creation… and the only way to stop these brash interlopers lies within the mysterious and hidden Five Bones of the Vektan Dragons.It will be up to the Vindras people, as the dragon-goddess’s champions, to undertake the quest to recover all Five. Filled with heroes and heroines young and old and exotic adventure in a magic-forged world, this is a series that fully illustrates the mastery of world-building and storytelling that has made Weis and Hickman into the bestselling fantasy co-authors of all time.. It is also a quest for redemption