The last book in the Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy, is far from the last book set in the Dragonlance campaign setting. As we shall see, the number of books set in this world must be nearing the 200 by now (comparable but a bit less than those set in the Forgotten Realms). Your correspondent, dear reader, plans to read them all! 

Ok, but why was this such a success? Well, these chronicles have much to answer to, and the three books make up an easy to read, compelling, often stirring story and it’s understandable if you want to pass some more time in this setting by the end of this third book. Spring Dawning isn’t the best book in the Chronicles series, but it’s a good second best after Autumn Twilight, the first in the series.

In Spring Dawning the whole story comes to a head, and you are introduced to fascinating and intriguing characters, such as the record keeper Astinus of Palanthas, all while some of the characters we have been accompanying since the start have dramatic changes, such as Raistling reappearing in a much changed fashion, or even the most uncommon of epic fantasy events: a main character dying of natural causes, in one of the most touching moments in the series. 90% of the book is a buildup to disaster with the characters only getting a reprieve right at the end, but by then they are all deeply changed for better or worse. Next up in the novels we’ll have one of Gygax’s Greyhawk stories about Gord the Rogue, a very different kind of book.