As the war of souls engulfs Ansalon, the minotaur empire and its ogre allies invade the stricken elven kingdom of Silvanesti. But blinded by his military successes, the minotaur Emperor Hotak ignores ominous signs of trouble within his realm. And from the savage mining camps of the ogres rises an escaped minotaur slave with no ambitions of his own, save survival, a scion of the imperial bloddline whose course of action will push the empire to the brink of anarchy... and with it the rest of Krynn. Ricard A. Knaak is the New York Times best-selling author of numerous novels and short stories in the world of Dragonlance. TIDES OF BLOOD is the second installment in his ongoing Minotaur Wars trilogy, set in the post-War of Souls epoch. (Description from back cover of mass market paperback)