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Richard A. Knaak

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in Chicago, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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 — 19,234 ratings — published 1988	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) 4.02 avg rating — 7,522 ratings — published 2004 — 34 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 — 7,697 ratings — published 2001 — 35 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 — 7,468 ratings — published 1990 — 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
	The Demon Soul (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 6,204 ratings — published 2007 — 15 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 Sundering (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 5,965 ratings — published 2005 — 14 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 — 3,960 ratings — published 2010 — 33 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) 3.79 avg rating — 3,013 ratings — published 2008 — 20 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) 3.86 avg rating — 2,688 ratings — published 2011 — 25 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 — 2,734 ratings — published 2001 — 27 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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AMAZING AMAZON SALE FOR FIREDRAKE TRADE PAPERBACK!

From the author of the LEGEND OF HUMA, KAZ THE MINOTAUR,THE MINOTAUR WARS, WAR OF THE ANCIENTS, THE DRAGONREALM, & MORE!

The trade edition of FIREDRAKE is only $5.12!!!! on Amazon US instead of $16.99. New, not used. I suspect that this ends September! Anyone who's been interested in one should check it out! This is the novel that got me my Dragonlance work! It comes with cool Larry Elmore cover ar Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Richard A. Knaak

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

4.01 avg rating — 5,109 ratings

Diablo: The Sin War (3 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author)

3.84 avg rating — 3,875 ratings

Warcraft Legends (5 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author),

Christie Golden,

Evelyn Fredericksen,

Louise Simonson,

Grace Randolph,

In-Bae Kim (Artist),

Rob Ten Pas (Artist),

Ryo Kawakami (Artist),

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3.84 avg rating — 2,323 ratings

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

Ciruelo Cabral (Illustrations)

4.15 avg rating — 1,769 ratings

Dragonrealm: Origins (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 1,012 ratings

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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.”
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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.”
― Groucho Marx

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