num_pages: 312
description: Companions half-elf Jedra and ex-templar Kayan search for a mentor that will help them to develop their psionic powers, and are forced to compete against one another in a fight to the death for the gladiatorial games. Original. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Darkness Before the Dawn
titlecomplete: The Darkness Before the Dawn (Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas, #2)
genres: Science Fiction, Childrens, Adventure, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Dungeons and Dragons, Fantasy
ratings_count: 214
places: Athas
series: D&D: Dark Sun, Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas
publisher: TSR Inc