Dragonlance: The Age of Mortals Books in Order

The Age of Mortals line sits in a Dragonlance era where the old balance has been shaken hard. Gods, dragons, magic, and political power all look different than they did in the classic books, and the title is a useful clue: the setting is asking what ordinary peoples and fragile institutions can do when the world is no longer arranged around the same certainties.

That means this series is broader than one hero or one quest. Different books take different corners of Krynn and show how whole cultures are adapting, resisting, or failing to adapt. Douglas Niles's contribution, Wizards' Conclave, leans toward the magical and political end of that spectrum, looking at what happens when the Orders of High Sorcery have to reconsider their place in a changed age.

The appeal of the line is that it feels transitional in the best sense. Old names and old loyalties still matter, but they no longer settle every argument. New powers rise. New rules are tested. People who were once on the edges of history move closer to the center.

This is not the coziest place to begin with Dragonlance if you want the original mood. It is better for readers who like aftermath, reconstruction, and arguments about who gets to define the future after cataclysmic change.

Think of it as Dragonlance with the furniture moved.

This page helps you place the Douglas Niles books in that era and see how they connect to the larger postwar story.