One of my favorite books in the Dragonlance series . . . the "choose-your-own-adventure-style" book of the same name by Terry Phillips, borrowed from the Woonsocket Public Library, was a big part of my original introduction to D&D. So in a way, an incomplete version of this story truly set my life on the path I have followed ever since, and this book is a more complete version of that story . . . . The story of how Raistlin Majere, arguably one of the most compelling characters in Dragonlance, was set upon the path of learning magic, and took the Test of High Sorcery at a younger age than most . . . because Par-Salian, the head of the Conclave of wizards, foresees the coming troubles of the War of the Lance and puts Raistlin "through the forge" to make a "sword" to fight the coming troubles. Had Raistlin not been pushed so hard, would he have turned to his eventual dark path? Had he not been pushed, would the world of Krynn have survived at all? Almost an "anti-Savior" figure, the sacrifice of Raistlin and Raistlin's own sacrifices both nearly doom Krynn and arguably save it . . .