title: Lore of the Dragons: Essence of a Queen
author: A. K. Conklin
description: After years of reading fantasy novels time had come for me to start working on my own story. I had always had a way with words and once the text started looking like a book my friends and family pushed me to contacting a publishing company so i could share my story with others. I had an idea for a book and now it seams that it's not only going to be one book but several . . . as the caracters in my book take on their own life and do as they please, I simply have to follow their lead. Who do I think I am? Well, i am a woman in the middle of my life. I live close to Son in Norway with my 2 wonderful children (12 and 5) and my husband. I have done all kinds of work from asembly line in a factory to working in a pub and even driving a forklift in a wearhose. I have never been afraid of getting dirt on my hands, probaly prefer it. I paint and draw in addition to my writing. And that is about it . . . i guess.
zlib_text: **I** **N THE INN OF THE RED DRAGON** **…**  
    
  
  “Do not fear, knight. The lives of those you leave in our care are safe … if
  any are safe.… Farewell, my friends,” Raistlin hissed, his strange hourglass
  eyes gleaming. “And a long farewell it will be. Some of us are not destined to
  meet again in this world!” With that, he bowed and, gathering his red robes
  around him, began to climb the stairs.
  
  Trust Raistlin to exist with a flourish, Tanis thought irritably, but there
  was no more time for talk. The sound of booted feet was nearing the door.
  
  “Go on!” he ordered Caramon. “If he’s right, there’s nothing we can do about
  it now.”
  
   _The world grows more dangerous, and now the heroes have been separated. This
  dark prediction and even darker dreams haunt them as they search for the
  mysterious dragon orbs and the legendary dragonlance_.
  
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  **DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES**  
   **Volume Two**  
   **DRAGONS OF WINTER NIGHT**  
  ©1985 TSR, Inc.  
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