Dragonlance: Dragons of Fraud, the following publication in the Dragonlance collection of Dungeons & & Dragons books, gets here on Aug. 9, 2022. Composed by designers Margaret Weis as well as Tracy Hickman. Its launch complies with months of lawsuits with legal rights owners Wizards of the Coastline. Weis made the news on Twitter.
The Dragonlance Chronicles started with D&D’s initial author TSR in 1984, with Dragons of Fall Golden. It presented followers to the globe of Krynn, as well as personalities such as Tanis Half-Elven, Raistlin, Flint Fireforge, as well as Goldmoon. The initial trilogy additionally consisted of the books Dragons of Wintertime Evening as well as Dragons of Springtime Dawning The Dragonlance franchise business additionally consisted of various tabletop role-playing journeys that were made as well as released contemporaneously. The globe of Krynn as well as its personalities have actually considering that made cameos in several D&D magazines, consisting of current video game publications for fifth version.
The presence of not one yet 3 brand-new Dragonlance books emerged in October 2020 when Weis as well as Hickman sued versus Wizards of the Coastline. Both declared violation of call, as well as asked for a court test as well as $10 million in problems. The problem was worked out in January 2021, getting rid of the means for the magazine of these brand-new publications. In September, Hickman informed Polygon in a meeting that he was “gratified” with the negotiation.
It’s main! Dragons of Fraud by Margaret Weis as well as Tracy Hickman, released by Del Rey, will certainly be launched August 9, 2022. We’re going back to old good friends while presenting a brand-new heroine to the traditional globe of Dragonlance. pic.twitter.com/JS5LS8kEIl
— Margaret Weis (@WeisMargaret) December 17, 2021
“This story that we’re telling in this new series is very much a capstone for us,” he claimed at the time. “It was important to us that we be able to tell the story we wanted to tell, and that we tell a story that brought all of us together again in Dragonlance.”
On Friday, Weis allowed slip for the very first time what that tale will certainly have to do with.
“We’re returning to old friends,” Weis claimed in a tweet, “while introducing a new heroine to the classic world of Dragonlance.”
Cover art, launched today, reveals a triad of personalities using shield as well as holding tools. Behind them stands a honored young dragon. Pre-orders are readily available at neighborhood booksellers as well as online.