copy-pasted from my Librarything account: Still, nice ending of the trilogy. In this part Ulvian breaks away with the evil Drulethen (evil wizard, personification of the god Hiddukel), but in the end he gets the amulet and is again on the path of evil. Greenhands, the son of Kith-Kanan and Anaya comes into the picture and ultimately becomes the new speaker of the, after having given his father the mortal strike with the hammer that helped build Qualinost. Ulvian is sent away, without process or anything. So this ending is open. KK indeed suffers the consequences from the blow. ( )

While book 2 was the strongest in the trilogy, I felt this was the weakest. Some things that were setup in book 1 finally appear, but still leave an empty feeling after reading. It was starting to get pretty good, then I looked down and I only had a few chapters to go. This book seemed like an attempt to tidy up loose ends and even some of those were left hanging. Overall, not a bad story, just not that great either. However, like I’ve said before, this is essential reading in the DragonLance world. ( )

Not a great novel, but better than Niles! ( )