Here, There, and Everywhere  

Read at least 5 books that fit somewhere within the Once Upon a Time II criteria. They might all be fantasy, or folklore, or fairy tales, or mythology…or your five books might be a combination from the four genres.

Book 4:  Time of the Twins      by: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; Hrd edition (March 1, 2004)
ISBN-10: 0786931582

Amazon Product Description.....
Sequestered in the blackness of the dreaded Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas, surrounded by nameless creatures of evil, Raistlin Majere weaves a plan to conquer the darkness--to bring it under his control.

Crysania, a beautiful and devoted cleric of Paladine, tries to use her faith to lead Raistlin from the darkness. She is blind to his shadowed designs, and he draws her slowly into his neatly woven trap.

Made aware of Raistlin’s plan, a distraught Caramon travels back in time to the doomed city of Istar in the days before the Cataclysm. There, together with the ever-present kender Tasslehoff, Caramon will make his stand to save Raistlin’s soul.   Or so he believes.

This is the first book of the second trilogy known as Legends.

It begins two years after the War of the Lance that our companions went thru, becoming heroes.   Raistlin has become the master of the Tower of High Sorcery and Caramon and Tika were married.  

Caramon and Tas find theirselves going back in time to try to save Raistlin,who is there trying to take over all the knowledge of the dark mage Fistandantalis.  With them is the beautiful cleric of Paladine, Crysania, who has unwittingly fallen in love with Raistlin.

Raistlin need Crysania for his plans, what he doesn't need is to fall in love.  He needs a true cleric to help him fight the Dark Queen and become more than he is... maybe even a God !

I know I keep saying it, but I do love this group of Dragonlance books!  You may well find yourself having a "love/ hate" relationship with Raistlin.  One time he does something good and the next something horrid; much to Caramon's dismay.

On to book II: War of the Twins