Dragon Age: Last Flight Deluxe Edition Hardcover – September 17, 2019

Dragon Age fans will love the subject material in this. Don't be deterred that it's written by a non-BW writer! It's very good!Do you remember your Barkspawn (or however you named your mabari from Origins)? Imagine they got the Taint again and you couldn't find the cure. You went on a long quest to find a cure, but couldn't. They die. Oops, there goes my feels...You've heard about the stories of griffons and lack of them in Origins; heroic tales of Garahel, hero of the Fourth Blight, and his victory at Ayesleigh; how the denial of acknowledging the Fifth Blight as a Blight is due to, compared to what happened in the Fourth Blight, underwhelming. [Last Flight] wonderfully paints how dire the Fourth Blight was in episodic fashion by time jumping, just like Dragon Age II did. And most importantly, the narrative heavily features griffons.Whether you've played Origins or not, the griffons and what happens to them is how the narrative does a wonderful job on showing how time has changed, how horrible a Blight is on land and its inhabitants, and what the current age of Dragon Age has lost by driving the species to extinction. The story is carried superbly by characters, each with a sense of uniqueness, that also adds to existing lore of Dragon Age.The novel is split into two different timelines: the Exalted Age (ie the Fourth Blight) and the Dragon Age (ie by time the Inquisition officially forms and start to gain its power). However, Inquisition is never mentioned; the problems that happen in-game is hardly mentioned; there are no cameos from previous games (maybe slight winks and references), other tie-in novels, or comic books. It stands on its own in Maker-forsaken land of Anderfels. That's why this tie-in novel works so well and very strong beside what the author produced: the fans never have to worry about how this will affect their game. The novel stands up all on its own by how it uses up the rich world of Thedas, and how it adds to what the game never gave to the players. I feel like this is how tie-in novels should be, especially ones relating to video games.[Last Flight] elaborates about Wardens up in Anderfels, how living in Anderfels is like, how horrible the Fourth Blight was, who was Garahel, and what it was like to have griffons around. I don't know how this will affect DA4, but for now, the content of the story elaborates on existing rich lore of DA. And I really liked how the author painted the Fourth Blight. Pace is fast; you can finish this within a few days. Characters are not boring and well written. Some of the battle scenes were actually good and exciting (felt nostalgic to my first play of the last fight in Origins in some chapters *sniffles* ). I highly recommend this to any DA fans, whether you've played all three or just Inquisition.One personal nitpit is just maybe, juuuuuust maybe, the word "maybe" might be overused ;D

Let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan Dragon Age lore and especially the Grey Wardens. I even have a Grey Warden tattoo. Trust me when I say that this is not a book to introduce new fans to the series. Part of the story takes place during the Mage/Templar War after the events of Kirkwall and the rest of the story is during the Fourth Blight. You must be familiar with both of these in order to give this book a chance.That being said, I absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down and finished it in less than 2 days. There were 3 parts where I sobbed uncontrollably. A book hasn't done that to me in years. I've even went back to re-read my favorite parts a few times.Last Flight is different than the other Dragon Books. The Fourth Blight was brutal and it paces like a World War 2 novel. It goes into detail about the corruption that the darkspawn spread over their conquered lands and the remarkable speed of their advancement over Thedas. It also does a great job about the poor decision making of the civilians in the midst of the chaos of war. They were caught by surprise and in their confusion, they didn't seem to understand what was happening. In the middle, you have the honorable Grey Wardens and their majestic griffons. Nothing is sugar-coated in this book. Hard decisions must be made when in the face of annihilation. Decisions that will have a profound effect for centuries to come.The thing that really steals this book is the griffons. The part where Isseya says "Lift" for the first time and the detail about what it's like to be on the back of a griffon while taking off gave me chills. The bond that the griffons and their riders have is incredible. You also get to read about aerial combat between the Warden griffon riders and the Archdemon. I'll save the rest for you to read but trust me, this alone is worth reading the book for.There is so much more I want to type out in this review but I just can't spoil it. I really hope that anyone reading this review will get the same effect that I had. This is a great read if you are a fan of Dragon Age. However, if you're a Grey Warden fanatic like I am, it's a MUST READ! No seriously, just stop reading this review and start reading Last Flight. You'll thank me later.

Facilmente o melhor livro dos 5 primeiros publicados logo ao lado de "Stolen Throne" os personagens tem carisma o suficiente mesmo para sustentar uma trama que na Lore do jogo foi solucionada e ainda expande mais o universo de Thedas

Aucune dommage et tout semble en ordre.

This book doesn't add much to the current dragon age lore and isn't directly related to the main storyline of any games. Its like a side story but its a very good story...one that I enjoyed after reading all the other books and comics. If you're a hardcore fan of dragon age and especially the grey wardens then you'll enjoy this book. Otherwise it's not that important.

Love this book! The story is dynamic and is so much fun to read. I highly recommend it ;)

Otro muy bien libro de la saga de Dragon Age. Si bien el escritor no es el mismo que los 4 anteriores, el libro sigue siendo igual de bueno que los anteriores, con personajes interesantes y, lo más importante, una historia que es atrapante y nos ayuda a saber más sobre la quinta ruina (donde murieron todos los grifos), y sobre la orden de lls Guardias Grises