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Richard A. Knaak

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Richard A. Knaak is the bestselling author of Dragonlance novels, the Dragonrealm and Black City Saint series (his own creations), six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written several non-series fantasy books.

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	The Legend of Huma (Dragonlance: Heroes, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 19,674 ratings — published 1988 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Well of Eternity (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 8,148 ratings — published 2004 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day of the Dragon (WarCraft, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 8,214 ratings — published 2001 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaz the Minotaur (Dragonlance: Heroes, #4; Heroes II, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 7,671 ratings — published 1990 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon Soul (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 6,674 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stormrage (World of Warcraft, #7) 3.67 avg rating — 4,303 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Dragon (World of Warcraft, #5) 3.78 avg rating — 3,250 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolfheart (World of WarCraft, #10) 3.87 avg rating — 2,939 ratings — published 2011 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legacy of Blood (Diablo, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,997 ratings — published 2001 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of the Minotaurs (Dragonlance: Lost Histories, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 2,500 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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JOURNALS OF KAZ POD HARDCOVERS NOW AVAILABLE ON DMSGUILD!

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Series by Richard A. Knaak

Dawn of The Aspects (6 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author)

4.00 avg rating — 5,564 ratings

Diablo: The Sin War (3 books)
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3.82 avg rating — 4,459 ratings

Legends of the Dragonrealm (9 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author),

Ciruelo Cabral (Illustrations)

4.14 avg rating — 1,856 ratings

Dragonrealm: Origins (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 1,044 ratings

Dragonlance: Ogre Titans (3 books)
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4.14 avg rating — 978 ratings

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Richard A. Knaak wrote a new blog post JOURNALS OF KAZ POD HARDCOVERS NOW AVAILABLE ON DMSGUILD! yes, the Print-on-Demand hardcovers of THE JOURNALS OF KAZ: THE LOST COLONY are, indeed, now available for order on DMSGUILD! You can order the standa Read more of this blog post »
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Richard Knaak made a comment on NOW RELEASED! THE JOURNALS OF KAZ THE MINOTAUR: THE LOST COLONY! " The POD hardcovers are now also available at the link! "
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“It is as if we are trapped in a never-ending game, our lives hinging on the roll of a dice or the turn of a card. ”
― Richard A. Knaak, Night of the Dragon

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“I am a knight of Solamnia. I am the hand of Paladine, of Kiri-Jolith and of Habbakuk on this world. You are on Krynn. You are mine, Queen of Darkness.”
― Richard A. Knaak, The Legend of Huma

tags: dragonlance

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“It's often the most frightened of folk who do the greatest deeds.”
― Richard A. Knaak

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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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