The third anthology in the 'Tales of the Fifth Age' series, which started with Relics and Omens, followed by Heroes and Fools. These short stories either precede or occur in the period of the War of Souls, which I've yet to read (just like the trilogy The Dawning of a New Age, for example, which precedes the War of Souls).

Circumstances haven't been favourable these past months, hence my taking so long to finish this book. Despite that, and perhaps some change in taste, I found this one not as strong as the previous two, despite some expectations, especially from authors whose previous reads I did enjoy.

Anyway, like before, (most of) these tales are nice to read in-between other books, telling of what happened after the Chaos War and as a preparation for the next events on the Dragonlance timeline. Don't read this if you're not familiar with Dragonlance, even if some tales could have been part of any fantasy universe, somehow. ( )

Nothing remarkable in this collection of short stories. Probable target audience is young men. No character development, but at least there isn't egregious sexism. ( )