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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 4612694" data-attributes="member: 5948">It's hard to recommend it, to be honest.The Prism Pentad books are terribly written and the series makes a horrible mess of the established setting in an extremely implausible way - lousy characterisation, poor plotting, no respect paid to the world, you name a reason for sucking, and these books have it.  The Tribe of One books are hindered by a horrendous Mary-Sue of a main character.  If you didn't like Drizzt, you'll HATE this guy (I was a 16-year-old Drizzt fan when this series was released, and Sorak was too much even for me).Lynn Abbey's books are by FAR the best-written of all the DS fiction.  Brazen Gambit and Cinnabar Shadows stand alone passably well, and Rise and Fall of a Dragon King is probably the best Dark Sun book and is pretty solid fantasy fiction in its own right, though it's very heavily entwined with the events and history of the Prism Pentad and you won't understand what's going on without reading all the way through that mess.If Lynn Abbey had been the one to plot and write the original Prism Pentad books, then the Dark Sun novel line may well have been the best of TSR/WotCs fiction work, period.  Unfortunately, Dennings' Pentad cast a long and cruddy shadow over everything that came later, fiction and game line equally...EDIT: but ranting aside, the best order to read them in (ignoring their quality for the moment) is the order you've got them listed in the original post.  Prism Pentad first, followed by Tribe of One, followed by Chronicles of Athas in order of publication.  Broken Blade comes after Tribe of One.  Brazen Gambit, Cinnabar Shadows, Dragon King form an unofficial trilogy, with Dragon King finishing up the whole line.</blockquote>

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