- Love and War (Dragonlance)
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name = Love and War
image_caption = The cover of the first edition of Love and War
author =Margaret Weis andTracy Hickman
cover_artist =Larry Elmore
country =United States
language = English
series =Dragonlance
genre =Fantasy novel
publisher =Wizards of the Coast
release_date = November, 1987 ("mass market paperback")
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 368 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-88038-519-7
preceded_by =Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes "Love and War" is a
fantasy novel set in theDragonlance campaign series and is the third of a trilogy of the Tales series.Plot introduction
The book is a compilation of 10 short stories from various authors taking place in the fictional world of
Krynn :1. "A Good Knight's Tale" by
Harold Bakst . Told by a Knight of Solamnia, this is a tale that of a selfish father, Aron, who is overprotective over his daughter, Petal, which ultimately leads to a broken heart.2. "A Painter's Vision" by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel. When a passionate artist Seron dies in an accidental fire, his widow Kyra, finds the strength to carry on his memory through a painting. Kyra carries on a strange relationship with a dragon named Tosch, who had befriended her husband before he died.
3. "Hunting Destiny" by Nick O'Donohoe. This is the tale of the undead who haunt Darken Wood, in another of Donohoe's interpretation of an event that took place in the novel,
Dragons of Autumn Twilight .4. "Hide and Go Seek" by
Nancy Varian Berberick . Starts with a captive boy named Keli who is captured by a man named Tigo and a goblin named Staag. No sooner isTasslehoff Burrfoot captured. They are later rescued byThe Companions .5. "By the Measure" by
Richard A. Knaak .6. "The Exiles" by
Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook. It is the story ofSturm Brightblade 's childhood as he and his mother are captured by a ship with guards from a island called Kernaffi.7. "Heart of Goldmoon" by
Laura Hickman andKate Novak .8. "Raistlin's Daughter" by
Margaret Weis and Dezra Despain. The mysterious tale of the legend of a daughter fathered by the mage,Raistlin Majere . This tale is also reprinted in the the novel, "The Second Generation ."9. "Silver and Steel" by Kevin Randle.
10. "From the Yearning for War and the War's Ending" by
Michael Williams .
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