Dragons of the Hourglass Mage

Dragons of the Hourglass Mage
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Authors	Tracy Hickman; Margaret Weis
Cover artist	Matthew Stawicki
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Lost Chronicles trilogy
Genre	Fantasy literature
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Publication date	August 4, 2009 (mass market hardback)
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	352 pp
ISBN	978-0-7869-4916-8
OCLC	178287132
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Class	PS3573.E3978 D7535 2009
Preceded by	Dragons of the Highlord Skies

Dragons of the Hourglass Mage is a fantasy novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, based on the Dragonlance fictional campaign setting. It is the third installment in the Lost Chronicles trilogy, which occurs between the storyline of the individual books (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning) which compose the Chronicles trilogy. The events of this novel entirely take place during the same time frame as the events described in Dragons of Spring Dawning.

Plot introduction

Dragons of the Hourglass Mage reveals the motivations behind Raistlin's aspirations to become a god.

After Raistlin Majere became a wizard of the Black Robe, he travels to Neraka, the lord city of the Dark Queen,[1] under the excuse of joining her forces, but in reality, he plots his own rise to power. When Takhisis discovers that the dragon orb has entered her city, she dispatches Draconians to find it and to destroy the wizard who protects it. However, Raistlin uncovers Takhisis' plot to seize control of all magic, and he moves to stop her.[1] Meanwhile, Kitiara uth Matar, Raistlin's older sister, follows Takhisis' orders to set a trap for the Gods of Magic on the Night of the Eye.

Characters

Reception

The book chronicles the significant maturation of the character between his introduction in Dragons of Spring Dawning and later appearances, addressing many previously-unanswered questions.[2]

Bookwatch praised the narration of the audiobook version by Sandra Burr, saying, "Any fantasy audio library will welcome this."[1]

gollark: Both equally unreadable, typing is far superior.

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gollark: I have a bunch of MP4s, but not much idea of what they are because the file upload thing doesn't preview them.

gollark: Huh, it's a raccoon with an abacus, unsurprising.

gollark: I have no idea what's in this but it's named `math-raccoon.mp4`.

External links

Margaret Weis's homepage
Tracy Hickman's official website
Official Margaret Weis podcast
Tracy & Laura Hickman's DragonHearth podcast site.
Wizards.com Sample chapter at Wizards of the Coast.
Margaret Weis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Tracy Hickman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

"Brilliance Audio". Bookwatch. February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2012. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
Bhatt, Shivam (2009-07-18). "Table Talk- Blowing away the dust with a book review". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2012-12-02.

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[bookwatch-1] "Brilliance Audio". Bookwatch. February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2012. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)

[bhatt-2] Bhatt, Shivam (2009-07-18). "Table Talk- Blowing away the dust with a book review". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2012-12-02.