The first volume in the first Tales trilogy (there would be more Tales series), The Magic of Krynn is an anthology of short stories (and some longer ones), exploring the world of Krynn and often filling in gaps in the stories we already know while in other cases actually advancing the stories of some of the main characters we came to know and love.

The biggest attractions in this volume are the two tales told by the original Dragonlance novelists, with Margaret Weis contributing “The Test of the Twins” which, much as in a previous, lesser developed, Dragon Magazine short-story, tells us of Raistlin’s test in the Tower of High Sorcery and the toll this took on himself and Caramon, his twin. 

The longest tale in the volume is by Weis and Tracy Hickman who in “The Legacy” introduce us to “Dragonlance: The Next Generation” as the children of Caramon and Tika deal with their family history and we get to pick up on what happened to Raistlin and everyone after the Legends trilogy. Tales like “Finding the Faith” fill in gaps in the Chronicles trilogy and overall the other stories are generally entertaining if you are into the world of Krynn, which I certainly am.