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Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

Sechs Freunde aus vergangenen Abenteurer-Zeiten treffen sich nach Jahren wieder in Solace, der Stadt auf den Bäumen...

Teil 5: Tanis, Tika, Raistlin und Caramon haben sich bis nach Treibgut, der Hafenstadt am Blutmeer von Istar, durchgeschlagen. Doch die Kundschafter der Dunklen Königin sind ihnen dicht auf den Fersen. Deshalb treten Sie auf dem Schiff Perchon eine gefahrvolle Reise über die roten Wogen des Meeres an. Während die vier Gefährten auf dem Schiff einem ungewissen Schicksal entgegensehen, wird Laurana in Palanthas, der wunderschönen und geheimnisvollen alten Stadt, zum Befehlshaber über das Heer der solamnischen Ritter ernannt...

The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical dragon orbs and the shining, silver dragonlance, the companions bring hope to the world. But now, in the dawn of a new day, the dark secrets that have long shadowed the hearts of the friends come to the light. Betrayal, treachery, frailty, and weakness will nearly destroy all that they have accomplished. The greatest battle they have left to fight is within each of them. Yet, in the end, they will be heroes.

An vielen Orten auf Krynn tobt nun mittlerweile der Krieg mit den Heerscharen der Dunklen Königin, ihren Drachen und Söldnern. Die sechs Gefährten werden in den Wirren des Krieges getrennt und müssen immer wieder Mut und Tapferkeit beweisen, um alle erforderlichen Abenteuer zu bestehen. Ihr gemeinsames Ziel ist es, Elfen und Menschen, Kender und Zwerge im Kampf gegen das Böse zu vereinen. Bis dahin ist es ein langer Weg, doch die Drachenlanzen sind bereits geschmiedet.

Die sechs Gefährten haben nach ihrer Flucht aus der Festung des Drachenfürsten Verminaard Zuflucht im Königreich der Bergzwerge, Thorbadin, gefunden. Zum Dank für die Großzügigkeit der Zwerge wird Ihnen der Streitkolben von Kharas zurückgeben, mit dem in alten Zeiten die legendären Drachenlanzen geschmiedet wurden. Aber das Böse auf Krynn, die Dunkle Königin und ihre Drachen, ist noch lange nicht geschlagen.

Die sechs Gefährten haben nur eine Möglichkeit, Krynn vor dem Untergang zu retten - sie müssen in die Festung von Lord Verminaard eindringen, eines Herrn der Drachen. Um den Weg bestreiten zu können, wollen sie in der Stadt Solace Proviant fassen. Doch Solace wurde von den Drachen überfallen und gnadenlos in Brand gesetzt; die friedlichen Bewohner wurden versklavt und zur harten Arbeit in den Minen gezwungen. Als die sechs in die Stadt kommen, werden sie von den Drachen gefangengenommen. und ein grausiges Schicksal droht ihnen...

Im sechsten und letzten Band der Chronik der Drachenlanze kommt es endlich zum großen Finale: Die Gefährten gehen durch triumphale Siege und schmachvolle Niederlagen. Laurana, der "Goldene General", wird in Neraka, Tempelstadt und Herrschersitz der Königin der Finsternis, gefangen gehalten. Alle Kräfte des Guten sammeln sich um diesen Ort des Schreckens. Und dann beginnt der letzte, alles entscheidende Kampf.

Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness - to bring it under his control. Crysania, a beautiful and devoted cleric of Paladine, tries to use her faith to lead Raistlin from the darkness. She is blind to his shadowed designs, and he draws her slowly into his neatly woven trap. Made aware of Raistlin’s plan, a distraught Caramon travels back in time to the doomed city of Istar in the days before the Cataclysm.

Now the people know that the dragon minions of Takhisis, Queen of Dragons, have returned. The people of all nations prepare to fight to save their homes, their lives, and their freedom. But the races have long been divided by hatred and prejudice. Elven warriors and human knights fight among themselves. It seems the battle has been lost before it begins. The companions are separated, torn apart by war. A full season will pass before they meet again - if they meet again.

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Summer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day. Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy. Every day, their deities become more distant, more difficult to reach. Clerics' prayers go unanswered, and magic goes awry.

One hundred years have passed since the fiery Cataclysm that changed the face of Krynn forever. For one hundred years, the people of Krynn have struggled to survive. But for some, those one hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Catapulted forward in time by Raistlin’s powerful magic, Caramon and Crysania find themselves aiding the mage’s unholy quest to master the Queen of Darkness. To his dismay, Raistlin discovers along the way that the annals of Time are not so easily bent to his will. Neither are the longings of his heart.

The three adventure-seeking sons of Caramon Majere lose a bet to a flamboyant, magnificently bearded dwarf, and wake up, shanghaied, on an incredible gnomish sailing vessel questing after the legendary Graygem. Who is the mysterious Dougan Redhammer, and what perils are in store for Sturm, Tanin, and Palin, the young mage haunted by the legacy of Raistlin?

The people of Krynn have known war in past ages. Some are still alive who remember the triumph of good at the conclusion of the War of the Lance. Still more remember the devastation of the Chaos War, which ended the Fourth Age of the world. But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world itself.

Is Raistlin truly dead? The answer lies in the new Dragonlance novella by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, which gazes into the future of Caramon and his mage-son, and into the dark nether-past of Raistlin. Tales of sea monsters, dark elves, ice bears, hideous hydra-headed serpents, and loathsome draconian troops.

Further adventures of the kender Tas; the innkeepr Otic and young Tika; the dwarf Flint and Tanis, leader of the companions; Caramon and Raistlin, twin brothers, one, a genial warrior, the other, a sickly magician and scholar.

In the fiery siege of the city of Hope’s End the young mage Raistlin must leave behind his ideals to save himself and his brother. Yet as Raistlin and Caramon train as mercenaries, far away another soul is forged in the heat of battle. Another path is chosen, and a future dragon highlord begins her rise to power. She is Kitiara Uth Matar, the twins’ half sister.

The flames of war devour Ansalon. The army of dead souls marches toward conquest, led by the mystical warrior Mina, who serves the powerful One God. A small band of heroes, driven to desperate measures, leads the fight against overwhelming odds.Two unlikely protagonists emerge. One is a dragon overlord who will not easily relinquish her rule. The other is an irrepressible kender who has been on a strange and remarkable journey that will end in startling and unforeseen fashion.

A mysterious force holds Krynn in thrall. A young woman, protected by her regiment of dark-armored knights, calls upon the might of an unknown god to bring victory to her army as it sweeps across the land. The souls of the dead rob the living of their magic. A dragon overlord threatens the very land the elves hold most dear. Amidst the chaos, a band of brave and selfless heroes struggles against an immortal power that appears to thwart them at every turn. The encroaching darkness threatens to engulf all hope, all faith, all light.

Defying the fate that claimed his evil predecessor, Raistlin opens the Portal to the Abyss and passes through. With Crysania at his side, he engages the Queen of Darkness in a battle for the ultimate prize - a seat among the gods. At the same time, Caramon and Tasslehoff are transported to the future. There they come to understand the consequences of Raistlin’s quest - and Caramon at last realizes the painful sacrifice he must make to prevent his brother’s success.