Elven Star
- 367
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Elven Star” takes “The Death Gate Cycle” to a new world and gives it a welcome streak of comedy. Weis and Hickman move the story to a land of giant forests with an almost wholly new set of characters, among them the eccentric wizard Zifnab and his dragon, who supply the jokes. Some readers find the romance forced. The mistrust between elves, humans and dwarves, which survives even shared danger, is drawn with care.
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About the book
Elven Star is a fantasy novel by American writers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, the second book in The Death Gate Cycle series. It was released in 1990.
Reading order · The Death Gate Cycle
Full order & progress →- Dragon WingStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - Elven StarThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Fire Sea
8.18.1 / 10 - The Hand of Chaos
8.08.0 / 10 - Into the Labyrinth
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 100 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% 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 | 8.3 | 16 | 16% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 84 | 84% |
Frequently asked
How long is Elven Star?
It has 367 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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