Love and War (Dragonlance)

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Love and War

The cover of the first edition of Love and War
Author Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Cover artist Larry Elmore
Country United States
Language English
Series Dragonlance
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Wizards of the Coast
Publication 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 the Dragonlance campaign series and is the third of a trilogy of the Tales series.

[edit] 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.

5. "By the Measure" by Richard A. Knaak.

6. "The Exiles" by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook.

7. "Heart of Goldmoon" by Laura Hickman and Kate 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.