Tanis, the Shadow Years

Tanis, the Shadow Years

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Infobox Book |
name = Tanis, the Shadow Years
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = 1990 Paperback edition cover
author = Barbara Siegel & Scott Siegel
cover_artist = Clyde Caldwell
country = United States
language = English
series = Dragonlance: Preludes II
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = TSR
release_date = November 1990
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 320 pp (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-880389136 (paperback edition)
preceded_by = Flint the King

"Tanis, the Shadow Years" is a fantasy novel by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel which is set in the world of the Dragonlance campaign setting and is the third volume in the Preludes II series, and the sixth volume in the overall Preludes series.

Plot summary

"Tanis, the Shadow Years" is set in the five years before Dragons of Autumn Twilight where the Heroes of the Lance split up and look for signs of gods returning and a new evil stirring in the world. Tanis leaves Solace with Clotnik after the promise that the dwarven juggler can lead him to his long-lost human father. On the way they are trapped in a grass fire but manage to save themselves and a mage, Kispha. Kispha is injured and dying and offers to help Tanis find his father in the mage's own memory as long as he saves Brandella and bring her back.

Main Characters in "Tanis, the Shadow Years"

*Tanis Half-Elven, future War of the Lance hero.
*Clotnik, dwarven juggler extraordinaire.
*Kishpa the mage, half-elf
*Brandella, Kishpa's beloved human woman.


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