Legacy of Steel
Dragonlance: Bridges of Time • Book 2
by Mary H. Herbert
Why You'll Love This
A renegade mother infiltrating an evil city alone is exactly as tense as it sounds — and the stakes are far more personal than politics.
- Great if you want: Dragonlance expanded through a morally complicated female protagonist
- The experience: tightly paced, politically charged, with genuine emotional undercurrents
- The writing: Herbert keeps the focus intimate even inside a sprawling world-spanning conflict
- Skip if: you haven't read the broader Dragonlance context — references run deep
About This Book
In the aftermath of the Summer of Chaos, the world of Ansalon is fractured and uncertain — and Sara Dunstan, a woman caught between loyalty to the fallen and responsibility to the living, finds herself drawn back into danger. When rumors surface that the Knights of Takhisis are regrouping in the dark city of Neraka, Sara risks everything to uncover the truth. Legacy of Steel is a story about grief transformed into purpose, and about what it means to honor the dead without being consumed by them. The stakes are political and personal in equal measure, and the emotional weight of Sara's journey gives the larger conflict genuine urgency.
Herbert writes with a focused, character-driven sensibility that keeps the sprawling Dragonlance world feeling intimate. Rather than relying on battlefield spectacle, she builds tension through moral complexity and quiet determination — Sara is a protagonist who earns her moments rather than simply inheriting them. The pacing is deliberate but never slow, and Herbert's handling of legacy, both in theme and title, gives the novel a resonance that extends well beyond its pages. Readers already invested in Ansalon will find it deepens the world considerably.