Don Perrin

El ejército de Ariakas asedia la ciudad de Ultima Esperanza. Se planea su destrucción total para encubrir el verdadero propósito del ataque: apoderarse de los huevos de los Dragones Dorados y Plateados que se hallan en las grutas de una de las montañas sobre las que se asienta la ciudad.
Los mercenarios del barón de Arbolongar acuden para unirse a ese ejército, contratados por el rey Wilhelm. El barón no sabe que va a participar en una batalla sin sentido, algo que va en contra de sus principios. Caramon y Raistlin forman parte de la tropa mercenaria.
El Dragón Rojo se propone destruir los huevos de los dragones enemigos, desobedeciendo a Takhisis. Los hermanos, Kitiara, Raistlin y Caramon, serán quienes tendrán que impedírselo, impulsado cada cual por sus propios motivos.… (mehr)

It's been more than six months since I last read a Dragonlance novel. And I still have several tens of them to read. Anyway, continuing the Summer Flame era (after "Dragons Of Summer Flame"), "The Doom Brigade" is the first installment in the two-volumes series "Kang's Regiment".

Draconians (Kang and his gang) and dwarves live on the same plain, bugging each other a few times a year: dwarves stealing tools and stuff, the draconians stealing dwarf spirits. Since there's no war, the draconians have to do something to keep themselves busy.

And so a story unfolds in which there's rumour of a treasure, even a very old treasure consisting of dragon eggs with female draconians. These never hatched. By sheer luck, Kang and co. find out about it and go out to seek them by shadowing/following the dwarves, who have the same interest (only with regards to return on investment aka selling them for gold and what not).

Meanwhile, there's a war going on in the heavens. And Takhisis' armies occupy a great deal of Ansalon, yet install peace. They aren't on a killing spree at all. Kang didn't want his troops/engineers to be (ab)used in the new army, so he left, and then the treasure hunt fell into their laps. But that hunt didn't go as planned, as several obstacles were not taken into account.

All in all, it was an entertaining story, quick to read, and somehow you would begin to sympathize with Kang and his gang. But they're still draconians, still loyal to the Dark Queen. It will be interesting to read how both draconians and dwarfs get out of the cave/mountain and if they'll continue to live peacefully together.

One negative remark, though: some editing would have been useful, as there are a few typos, some words forgotten in dialogues. But it doesn't disturb the story itself, it's trivial stuff that could have easily been prevented by Don Perrin and Margaret Weis themselves.… (mehr)