Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis [0]
“All right,” Tanis said, breathing heavily. “You’d kill me without a second thought. But what about your brother? Caramon, stop him!”
Caramon took a step toward his twin. Raistlin raised the silver dagger warningly.
“Don’t make him come near me, Tanis,” Raistlin said. “I assure you. I am capable of this, truly. What I have sought all my life is within my grasp. I will let nothing stop me. Look at Caramon’s face, Tanis! He knows! I killed him once. I can do it again.…”
The War of the Lance nears its end … for good … or for evil.…
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES
Volume Three
DRAGONS OF SPRING DAWNING
©1985 TSR, Inc.
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v3.1
To Angel and Curtis, my children, my hope, and my life
—Tracy Raye Hickman
To the Commons Bridge Group, University of Missouri, 1966-70:
Nancy Olson, Bill Fisher, Nancy Burnett, Ken Randolph,
Ed Bristol, Herb the fry cook,
And in memory of Bob Campbell and John Steele, who died in Viet Nam,
And to the rest of that wonderful group
of mismatched friends—
this book about friends is fondly dedicated—Margaret Weis
Contents
Cover
Map
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
The Everman
Book 1
Chapter 1 - Flight from darkness into darkness.
Chapter 2 - Pursuit.
Chapter 3 - Gathering darkness.
Chapter 4 - “My brother …”
Chapter 5 - The chronicler and the mage.
Chapter 6 - Palanthas.
Chapter 7 - Commander of the Knights of Solamnia.
Chapter 8 - The Oath of the Dragons.
Chapter 9 - Victory.
Book 2
Chapter 1 - Spring Dawning.
Chapter 2 - The penalty of failure.
Chapter 3 - The trap …
Chapter 4 - A peaceful interlude.
Chapter 5 - “I killed him once …”
Chapter 6 - Apoletta.
Chapter 7 - Berem. Unexpected help.
Chapter 8 - Dark tidings.
Chapter 9 - A single candle.
Book 3
Chapter 1 - An old man and a golden dragon.
Chapter 2 - The golden span.
Chapter 3 - Godshome.
Chapter 4 - Everman’s story.
Chapter 5 - Neraka.
Chapter 6 - Tanis bargains. Gakhan investigates.
Chapter 7 - The Temple of the Queen of Darkness.
Chapter 8 - The Queen of Darkness.
Chapter 9 - Horns of doom.
Chapter 10 - “Whoever wears the Crown, rules.”
Chapter 11 - “Jasla calls—”
Chapter 12 - The debt repaid.
Chapter 13 - Kitiara.
Chapter 14 - The end. For good or for evil.
The Homecoming
Raistlin’s Farewell
About the Authors
Kitiara, of all the days these days
are rocked in dark and waiting, in regret.
The clouds obscure the city as I write this,
delaying thought and sunlight, as the streets
hang between day and darkness. I have waited
past all decision, past the heart in shadows
to tell