Dragonlance: Dragons of Deceit arrives on Aug. 9, 2022. The new novel is written by series creators Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The announcement follows months of litigation with Wizards of the Coast.
Cover artist: Larry Elmore
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are officially returning to the
Dragonlance franchise. Weis announced today that she and her writing partner will be writing a new trilogy set to follow their classic fantasy novels with Del Rey Books, with the first installment to tentatively hit stores later this year.
If you browsed a bookstore in the 1990s and early 2000s, you likely came across rows of books bearing the Dragonlance logo: the long-running franchise of Dungeons & Dragons tie-ins ran for nearly two hundred volumes, led by Weis and Hickman’s original trilogy, which was first published back in the 1980s.
Dragonlance Writers End Lawsuit Against Dungeons & Dragons Maker
Dragonlance novels and the parent company of
Dungeons & Dragons has seemingly ended. Last week, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, the primary authors behind the popular
Dragonlance books by informing the pair s publisher that they were no longer moving forward with the books without explanation. The duo, who claimed that a
Dragonlance novel was already completed and that substantial work had begun on a second book, sought up to $10 million in damages in the initial lawsuit.
The filing noted that Wizards of the Coast had not formally answered their lawsuit, nor had they filed for a summary judgement. As Weis and Hickman filed for a dismissal without prejudice, the duo could hypothetically re-file their lawsuit at a later date.