Firstborn
Silvanost, the august founder of the united elven nation known as Silvanesti, is dead and buried in a crystal tomb. The Leadership of the clans and housholds has fallen to his son, Sithel, who is himself father of twin sons. The prince Sithas and Kith-Kanan represent emerging factions among these elves: Kith-Kanan is the leader of the Wildrunners, a group of elves that stirs tension by forging contacts and trade with the humans of Ergoth; Sithas closely allies himself with the court in the elven capitol. The rivalry between kin climaxes with their father's mysterious death. When Kith-Kanan is vaguely implicated, Sithas, the firstborn is enthroned.
Author: Paul B. Thompson & Tonya C. Cook Review: None Cover Art 1 - Cover Art 2
The Kinslayer Wars
The leader of the wildrunners, Kith-Kanan, commits the ultimate heresy and falls in love with a human of intriguing background. His twin brother, the firstborn ruler of all Silvanesti elves, Sithas, declares war on the Ergothians, and Kith-Kanan must choose sides. Nobly he fights alongside his proud race in the terrible Kinslayer Wars. But when the historic Swordsheath Scroll is signed, Kith-Kanan and his followers are forced into a tragic excile.
Author: Douglas Niles Review: None Cover Art 1 - Cover Art 2
The Qualinesti
One of the most fabled stories in all of Krynn's tradition-untold before now-the founding of Qualinost, and the creation of the magnificent society of the renegade elves, the Qualinesti. Kith-Kanan becomes the first Speaker of the Suns. His reign can claim many triumphs, including a pact with the reclusive dwarves of Thorbardin that results in the great monument of Pax Tharkas. But Kith-Kanan is haunted by his failures: acrimony between the elven factions and the mysterious behavior of his son, his future successor.
Author: Paul B. Thompson & Tonya C. Cook Review: None Cover Art 1 - Cover Art 2 |
