Yes! It's my one Dragonlance book every three years series, continued! (I didn't set out to read them at this frequency, just it has happened to be this way.)

Michael Williams, the poet of the Dragonlance saga, has spun a poetic, elegantly worded tale about Sturm. One question, upon conclusion, about the placement of this story, is: why was this in "Meetings" series? (He didn't meet any of the Heroes of the Lance here, except for a scene at beginning and one at end, and they already knew each other.)

Series placement aside, I thought the story was sufficiently action-filled, world-building-filled, exposition-filled and Dragonlance-saga historical goodies-filled, to make it "work" for me. I also appreciated more of Sturm, given his tragic heroism in the original trilogy preventing us from having more of his story (despite having more of his backstory in Preludes' [b:Darkness and Light|13074895|Darkness and Light (Dragonlance Preludes, #1)|Paul B. Thompson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1321592313l/13074895._SY75_.jpg|398104]).

But, did the story move me as much as other Dragonlance novels? No. It was a solid story, and one obviously written by a master-wordsmith poet, and does help fill in Sturm's back story with his insistence to adhere to the Oath and the Measure rules of the Solamnic Order, but I don't consider it top-tier.

The side characters were fun, but the main antagonist was a bit confusing throughout (Vertumnus).

One of the cool things about the Dragonlance novels are the inside illustrations. They add some much appreciated visuals my mind blends with the text. (However, the cover image, while epic, doesn't depict correctly the scene in the story.)

I plan to read another Dragonlance installment sooner than three years from now, otherwise I fear my book collection will outlive me at this point! Lifelong series read? Yes!