I loved this book. ANYONE who loves dragons at all will likely view this book as I do. This is probably the book that got me reading any Dragonlance book I could find. I don't think I'll ever understand how Niles is able to take a reader and make them see things from his chacaters' perspective. The personalities of each individual dragon, as well as the attitudes of a particular color of dragon make this book worth reading by themselves. The fiesty Blaze, contemplative Aurican, talkative Smelt, and excitable Darlantan are probably the most memorable characters I've read about. The book starts off at about 8500 years before the Cataclysm and goes on till about 321 years after the Cataclysm. It tends to focus on the silvers(Darlantan, Callak, and Lectral) and reds(Crematia, Deathfyre, and Tombfyre) while shunting the other colors of dragonkind off to the side except for maybe the golds. But the intricacies of the main characters' personalities more than make up for this. For those of you who are still incredulous, buy the book for yourself and read it.