Dragons of Winter Night
- 400
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Dragons of Winter Night” is the dark middle volume of the “Dragonlance Chronicles”, fast from the start and ending in a tragic final battle. The large company is split in two, leaving space for each companion’s inner conflict; some readers feel the book skips adventures of one group that deserved telling. Born of Dungeons & Dragons, it is a novel some who devoured it as teenagers gladly reread.
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About the book
Dragons of Winter Night is a fantasy novel by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Based on the Dungeons & Dragons gaming modules, it is the second book in the Chronicles Trilogy, preceded by Dragons of Autumn Twilight and followed by Dragons of Spring Dawning. It was the second Dragonlance novel, being released in 1985. It is the second novel in the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy, which along with the Legends Trilogy introduces the Dragonlance world. Specifically, it details the darker days of the War of the Lance.
Reading order · Dragonlance Chronicles
Full order & progress →- Dragons of Autumn TwilightStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Dragons of Winter NightThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Dragons of Spring DawningDragons of Spring Dawning–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 241 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 21 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 220 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dragons of Winter Night?
It has 400 pages — shorter than 78% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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