Dragons of Eternity
When Destina Rosethorn and her companions were transported to a time centuries before their birth—to the days of the Third Dragon War—the Graygem of Gargath brought chaos to the battlefield and changed the course of history. Upon returning to the Inn of the Last Home, where their journey began, Destina’s party discovered a world completely changed. The forces of evil now hold sway over their land.
The River of Time is rising, flowing inexorably toward the present day. Destina and her friends must make one last, desperate attempt to restore time’s river to its proper channel. If they do not succeed, the altered past will sweep over the present until no trace of their old world remains.
-Goodreads
Title: Dragons of Eternity
Series: Dragonlance Destinies #3
Author: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Page Count: 381
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 3.75/5.0
Date Read: January 25th, 2025
Opening
I couldn't express how excited I was to hear there would be new Dragonlance material being released again. I dove into the new Dragonlance Destinies in August of 2023 with Dragons of Deceit. It certainly scratched that itch for me again but didn't hit the homerun that I had hoped for. I did connect more with book two (Dragons of Fate) in this series. Fast forward to January of 2025 and I got to what I believe is the finale to this trilogy (unless there is more planned) with Dragons of Eternity.
Pacing
The pacing of this one was fairly smooth and rather what I come to expect from Weis and Hickman. I went with the audiobook as I have with the rest of this series. This was narrated by Kirsten Potter who I felt did an excellent job brining the story to life. There are a lot of characters in these stories and I never had any issues with keeping things straight on whose dialog was taking place.
World Building
The world building was interesting. That is the best way I can describe this. This and the character development is where I'm torn a bit. We rehash a lot of the world and its events that we are familiar with from years ago. It was nice to return but at the same time, so many actions in this series were changing those events… or were they? I think this is always a struggle when time travel is tossed into the mix. I don't want to get too deep into this because I want readers to experience these moments for themselves. I will say if you enjoy the world of Krynn and it's magic and deities, you should be ok with enjoying this read.
Character Development
The character development suffers from the same issues as the world building for me. Seeing how this book and series plays out, there is plenty of change and growth for both old and new characters alike. The part that gets me is whether these events are new or may have always been the true events and we just didn't realize it at the time.
I will say that Tas really grew on me in this series. He isn't any different than the Tas of old really, but I'm different. I'm much older than when I was first introduced to Tas in Chronicles and I just found him annoying back then. Now I find him comical and endearing to be honest.
Closing
All in all I'm not sure how I feel about this book and series. It was great to return to these characters and the world. I don't want to take the easy way out and say it felt like a cash grab from us long time fans because I don't feel that way really. I just almost feel like the story we loved may or may not have been a fiction in itself for all these years. That's what is hard to swallow.
This also leaves me a bit confused on my recommendation. I certainly understand that most of my hang ups here are my own personal opinions so I'm not sure how other veteran fans might feel about this series or how new readers might land with this story. I almost feel there is a better chance of a newer reader simply enjoying these events at face value and not having that emotional connection from twenty plus years ago.
Scoring
Pacing 4.5 / 5.0
Worldbuilding 3.5 / 5.0
Character Development 3.5 / 5.0
