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Fire Sea

The Death Gate Cycle #3 / 7
by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle #3) by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
  ★ 7.22 / 37
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Ages ago, sorcerers of unmatched power sundered a world into four realms – sky, stone, fire, and water – then vanished. Over time, magicians learned to work spells only in their own realms and forgot the others. Now only the few who have survived the Labyrinth and crossed the Death Gate know of the presence of all four realms – and even they have yet to unravel the mysteries of their seveed world...

Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races – humans, elves, and dwarves – seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remnants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred – enemies by heritage, traveling companions by necessity – Abarrach may reveal more than either dares to discover about the history of Sartan... and the future of all their descendants.

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Updated 04/08/2025
Category: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Environmental disasters
Release date: 1991
Margaret Weis

Margaret Weis

In the sprawling worlds of epic fantasy, few names echo with the same resonance as Margaret Weis. Her stories aren't merely told—they are lived, breathed, and carried in the imaginations of readers who first wandered through the war-torn lands of Dragonlance and never truly left. Weis didn’t just write fantasy—she helped shape it during a time when the genre itself was still defining its voice.

Born in Missouri in 1948, Margaret Weis was a quiet but voracious reader, drawn not to fairy tales or whimsical fables, but to myths that roared with dragons, gods, and fate-bound heroes. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 1970 with a degree in creative writing and literature—training that sharpened her instinct for compelling narratives long before her stories found a stage.

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It was at TSR, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons, where her path shifted from editor to architect of worlds. Paired with fellow writer Tracy Hickman, Weis co-created Dragonlance, a series that broke new ground by infusing role-playing lore with literary depth. With characters like Raistlin Majere and Tanis Half-Elven, Dragonlance Chronicles became more than a tie-in—it became canon for a generation of fantasy readers and gamers alike.

What sets Weis apart is not just her gift for building vast, believable worlds, but her ability to explore moral complexity within them. Her characters often wrestle with loyalty, ambition, sacrifice, and destiny—timeless themes made intimate. Whether charting the rise and fall of nations or the inner battle of a mage tempted by power, she brings a balance of mythic scale and human fragility to her prose.

Beyond Dragonlance, Weis has written across subgenres—from science fiction in The Star of the Guardians to dark fantasy in The Death Gate Cycle. Her voice adapts, but her core remains: a commitment to stories that challenge, inspire, and endure.

Despite decades of success and millions of books sold, Weis remains grounded in the love of storytelling. In interviews, she’s spoken of writing as “a form of escape—but also a way to understand the world.” It's this duality—escapism laced with introspection—that gives her novels their staying power.

Today, Margaret Weis continues to write, create, and inspire, not just as a bestselling author, but as a quiet revolutionary who helped prove that fantasy could be as rich, nuanced, and emotionally resonant as any other literary tradition. And for readers still journeying through Krynn or discovering it for the first time, her legacy grows with every page turned.

The Death Gate Cycle

The Death Gate Cycle consists of seven books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle #1)
  ★ 7.28 / 43
Elven Star (The Death Gate Cycle #2)
  ★ 7.02 / 37
Fire Sea (The Death Gate Cycle #3)
  ★ 7.22 / 37
Serpent Mage (The Death Gate Cycle #4)
  ★ 6.82 / 35
The Hand of Chaos (The Death Gate Cycle #5)
  ★ 6.82 / 32
Into the Labyrinth (The Death Gate Cycle #6)
  ★ 6.92 / 35
The Seventh Gate (The Death Gate Cycle #7)
  ★ 7.00 / 33


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