"Tom Doherty Associates, LLC is proud to announce that they have acquired rights in a seven-figure deal to a six-book series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, New York Times bestselling authors of the classic Dragonlance series. Published under the Tor Books imprint, Dragonships of the Vindras is an epic fantasy series that conjures a rich new world of dragon-powered ships and Viking-like warriors who are on a quest that will determine the fate of all mortals—and their gods. The first new book, tentatively titled "Bones of the Dragon", is scheduled for hardcover publication in August 2008, with a new book in the series to follow every nine months after that. The acquiring editor is Brian Thomsen."