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Richard A. Knaak

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in Chicago, The United States

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http://www.richardallenknaak.com

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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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Average rating: 3.89 · 128,680 ratings · 2,873 reviews · 182 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Legend of Huma (Dragonlance: Heroes, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 18,524 ratings — published 1988 — 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
	Kaz the Minotaur (Dragonlance: Heroes, #4; Heroes II, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 7,171 ratings — published 1990	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) 4.01 avg rating — 6,663 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Day of the Dragon (WarCraft, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 6,944 ratings — published 2001 — 31 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 — 5,539 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Sundering (WarCraft: War of the Ancients, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,338 ratings — published 2005 — 21 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) 3.66 avg rating — 3,504 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Night of the Dragon (World of Warcraft, #5) 3.80 avg rating — 2,738 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Land of the Minotaurs (Dragonlance: Lost Histories, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 2,377 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Legacy of Blood (Diablo, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 2,447 ratings — published 2001 — 26 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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ROGUES GALLERY KICKSTARTER!

Hey! I've just launched the Kickstarter for a particular project.

ROGUES GALLERY

I've tried to add a number of rewards, pretty much all book-related.

This promises to be a bit different. Masked adventurers, supervillains, the pulps, with some twists!

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Published on September 24, 2020 12:52 • Tags: comics, fantasy, pulp, superhero, the-shadow, villains

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Series by Richard A. Knaak

War of the Ancients Trilogy (4 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author)

4.07 avg rating — 18,860 ratings

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

4.00 avg rating — 4,456 ratings

WarCraft: The Sunwell Trilogy (3 books)
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Richard A. Knaak (Goodreads Author),

Kim Jae-Hwan

3.57 avg rating — 4,132 ratings

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

3.83 avg rating — 3,406 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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3.85 avg rating — 2,009 ratings

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Richard A. Knaak wrote a new blog post ROGUES GALLERY KICKSTARTER! Hey! I've just launched the Kickstarter for a particular project. ROGUES GALLERY I've tried to add a number of rewards, pretty much all book-related. Th Read more of this blog post »
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Richard Knaak made a comment on THIS IS A TEST...NO, SERIOUSLY. " I understand what you're saying. I wish they would, too. Thanks for acknowledging the post. Much appreciated! Marco wrote: "Authors' posts are really i ...more "
Oct 12, 2019 08:21PM · see blog post
Richard Knaak made a comment in the group Goodreads Authors/Readers — Welcome Fantasy Authors and Readers! topic " Richard Knaak here. Some of you may know me from my previous work, be it Dragonlance, the Dragonrealm, Warcraft, the Black City Saint series, and more ...more "
May 16, 2019 12:21PM
Richard Knaak made a comment in the group Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts — Author Signing at Mysterious Galaxy topic " Richard Knaak here. Some of you may know me from my previous work, be it Dragonlance, the Dragonrealm, Warcraft, the Black City Saint series, and more ...more "
May 16, 2019 12:00PM
Richard Knaak made a comment in the group Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts — ✵Writers: Let's chat about the Fae in our novels topic " My Fae are tall, beautiful/handsome, and generally dark of nature. There are the elves of the court, but there are other creatures of Feiirie, some be ...more "
May 16, 2019 10:49AM
Richard Knaak made a comment in the group Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts — ✵Writers: Let's chat about the Angels in our novels topic " While the main character in my Black City Saint series used to be St. George, there's another saint who shows up at times, the archangel Michael. He i ...more "
May 16, 2019 10:46AM
Richard Knaak and 1 other person liked Dale Russell's review of Black City Dragon: "Centuries have gone by and you would think that things would be getting easier for Nick Medea. Protector of the Gate to Faerie...hunter of the Wyld...conqueror of the Dragon, that SHOULD bring with it some form of respect. But...recently... he has ba" Read more of this review »
May 04, 2019 09:24PM · see review
Richard Knaak liked Assaph Mehr's review of Black City Dragon: "Black City Dragon is the third installment in the series, one I have been waiting for since I first came across it. Nor was I disappointed. What to Expect This novel deal a lot with the protagonist's past (Nick Medea, aka St George). As such it is impe" Read more of this review »
May 04, 2019 09:24PM · see review
Richard Knaak and 2 other people liked Jeff Bryant's review of Black City Dragon: "Richard Knaak is back and at the top of his game again with the urban fantasy Black City series. Nick Medea returns as a combination of Phillip Marlow and Harry Dresden, a “ghostbuster “ in an alternate Prohibition Era Chicago where the Fae mingle wi" Read more of this review »
Apr 14, 2019 07:45PM · see review
Richard Knaak answered Jon's question: Why have your Nick Medea "Black City" novels disappeared from Amazon, Apple, etc. None of the ebook versions are available any more! This changed in just the last week. What is going on? The line, Pyr, was sold to another publisher. They've been in the process of shifting things to their distributor. Unfortunately, the old distributor jumped the gun and removed things. If you preordered, please keep an eye out. The books will return See Full Answer
Feb 25, 2019 09:36AM · 2 likes · like

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Quotes by Richard A. Knaak

“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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“Those who do not see the truth in battle march willingly to defeat.”
― Richard A. Knaak, The Demon Soul

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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

tags: books, humor, reading, television

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