
Dark Thane

Dark Thane is a fantasy novel in the setting of Dragonlance, based on the campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Jeff Crook. It is volume three of the six volume book series The Age of Mortals. It is set in the year 422 AC (After Cataclysm), also known as 39 SC (Second Cataclysm).
Plot introduction.
After a series of ugly battles and incidents, the dwarven community becomes increasingly isolationist in its city under the mountains. Unfortunately dark magic, backstabbings, betrayal and power grabs threaten to destroy the already destabilized dwarf society.
Explanation of the novel's title.
A Thane is a ruler of a dwarven faction.