Dragons of Deceit

core novel 2022 Dragonlance

Record

First published	2022
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.87 (2,813 ratings, collected 2026-09-12)
Page count	400
First-edition ISBN	9781529150438

Synopsis

Dragons of Deceit opens the Dragonlance Destinies trilogy after the noblewoman Destina Rosethorn, who believes herself destined for greatness, loses her father, her family's castle, and her betrothed following his death during the War of the Lance. Unwilling to accept this loss, she resolves to travel back through time to prevent it, a plan that requires two powerful artifacts: the Device of Time Journeying, held by the kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot, and a second, more dangerous device capable of actually altering time. Her search carries her from the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin to the town of Solace as she gathers what she needs, drawing Tasslehoff into her scheme even as her determination to rewrite her own history threatens consequences far beyond her own family's fate.

Where it sits

• Universe: Dragonlance
• Series: Dragonlance Destinies core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Margaret Weis
• Author: Tracy Hickman

Notes

• August 2022, Random House Worlds.
• From the series record (Dragonlance Destinies): 2022-2024 revival at Random House Worlds, after the 2020 lawsuit and settlement.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within the series Dragonlance Destinies: position 1 of 3: next Dragons of Fate (2023)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragonlance_novels
• https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/dragons-of-deceit-dragonlance-destinies-volume-1
• https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Dragons_of_Deceit_(novel)

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