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| Amber and Ashes (Dragonlance: The Dark Disciple, Vol. 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Margaret Weis
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (45 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11570
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0786937424
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780786937424
ASIN: 0786937424
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
Release Date: June 28, 2005
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 Amber and Ashes May 26, 2006
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nightshade, a kender I don't think so. Rhys the Monk is forgetable. Mina isn't a big character. I cannot see where this is going.
 Disappointing....so far April 4, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just returned to reading anything "Dragonlance" after a long departure and selected this to start. I'm disappointed to say the least. I'm only a hundred or so pages into it and hope I can finish. But, there is nothing happening. Nothing that makes me want to pick it up. Not like I remembered from earlier series when I couldn't wait for the next volume. Here's hoping it gets better.
 Is there a program out there that just generates these things? March 22, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off, let me say that I have read just about all of the Dragonlance novels. Frightening thought, I know. While I am not of the belief that the first three are gospel, I come to expect a bit more from a book. In every trilogy by Weis (as well as Hickman in most) there are events and cliffhangers that keep you going. Dragons sacking a city that everyone is in. A building falling on someone. Finding out the "true" name of the One God in the Souls trilogy. There was usually something to keep you going. Be it a question that was left unanswered or the state of a character that you have come to love.
This book has none of that. In other trilogies, there are actually 3 minor stories that are built into a larger one. Each book is its own work. This book is built on one simple idea, what if Mina fell for yet another god. She is one of a mere handfull of characters that appears in the novel, and remains as shallow and dimwitted as ever.
Rhys, the other main character, is really the only interesting thing this book has to offer. Yet, he shows no action to speak of. You get about a hundred pages of him wandering around looking for someone.
Essentially, to wrap up what is turning into a long and (sorry) obnoxious review, nothing happens. Pick it up a library sometime if you are interested, I am sure it will keep until the rest of this tale is generated.
 This is a good book! March 19, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
All of the people complaining about this book seem to be missing the more subtle parts of the story. The character development was very interesting, I found it to be well done, especially the interaction between Mina and Chemosh. The story was very engaging as well, it's darker than the rest of the Dragonlance books that I've read lately, and although once again evil gods are trying to take over Krynn, at least this time the enemy seems far more creepy than the usual. I mean come on, living breathing corpses who still believe that they are alive, and who go around seducing new victims on a nightly basis, this could lead to some very interesting scenarios. The only part that I found to be a little less than satisfactory was the way the book ended, there was kind of a twist, but it was not an extremely strong way to end the first book of a new series. I very much look forward to reading the next one as soon as it comes out though.
 spread cheeks and remove head March 10, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone who's bad-mouthing this book please refer to the title. I believe that this was an excellent direction for weis to take mina, and this story has more plot twists than I thought possible for a book so short. I must admit that Niteshade is a strange character(a kender who doesnt steal?????) but I loved it. I read the whole thing in less than 2 days and I'm a busy man
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