Alas, I think Weis and Hickman's familiar Dragonlance cast have run their course. This book meanders through the pursuit of the Pax Tharka's slaves to the gates of Thorbadin by the draconians under new leadership.
Not a bad start, but it is not long before I feel the "familarity breeding contempt" syndrome. I am just too used to these characters to give a hoot about their saga anymore. I was prepared to churn on, despite my wariness, but a neverending stay in the mountain sanctuary signalled the end. By then, I was over 500 pages in. And bored. To tears.
I can't say I would not recommend it. It is well written. But anyone who has followed the books from the Chronicles might have a hard time reading a plotline stretched to strands. I am sticking to the Taladas series.