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Realms of the Dragons II: A Forgotten Realms Anthology
from: Wizards of the Coast

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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
EAN: 9780786938087
ISBN: 0786938080
Label: Wizards of the Coast
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: May 03, 2005
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: May 03, 2005
Sales Rank: 310002
Studio: Wizards of the Coast

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Product Description:
An all-new anthology showcasing dragons of the Forgotten Realms world and featuring new authors. This anthology features a range of stories by authors new to the Forgotten Realms setting writing about dragons. It fleshes out many details from Richard Lee Byers's Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy and features art work by award-winning artist Matt Stawicki.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A short, good set of short stories

I'll try and review each story in short.

1. Faerie Ire by Erin Tettensor. A cute story rich in humor and with some very witty writing. Some may consider it childish, but that was author's intention. Entertaining. ****
2. The Woman Who Drew Dragons by Rosemary Jones. A very nice idea, but a bit drawn out. Could have been shorter. ***
3. The Hunting Game by Eric Scott De Bie. One of two stories I was looking forward to. De Bie shows all of his storytelling talent in this story, but I got the feeling he wanted to tell too much in 30 pages. Had the substance for a whole novel, really. Imaginative, but hasted. ***
4. The Road Home by Harley Stroh. A very good short story, with all the elements a short story should have. Very interesting characters. ****
5. How Burlmarr Saved the Unseen Protector by Kameron Franklin. The second one I was looking forward for. I just loved "Maiden ... Read More

Rating:

- not as good...
The first Realms of the Dargons was awesome. This one was not so awesome. The new authors still have to capture the main ideas of the dragons. Over all an enjoyable book. I liked the first story about the faire-drake.

Rating:

- More original than most
I thought this anthology had way more original stories than most of the others in the past. Not all of them were great, but that is an anthology for you and a few stand out. The dragons were quite different than I expected and some of the stories used them as the main character. Plus I laughed out loud a few times in the funnier stories especially near the beginning.

Rating:

- Good hint on new authors
Although the stories are enjoyable in themselves and a good summer afternoon read, I appreciated this anthology most because it gave me good hints of the writing styles of several new Forgotten Realms authors. I dislike buying books based on the cover art and/or back cover blurb, so it is helpful to read reasonable samples (in the form of short stories) of authors previously unknown to me. I now know whose future novels to look for (and in a couple instances who to avoid).

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