It was written by Mark Anthony and Ellen Porath, based on characters and settings from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles series.

Kindred Spirits is a novel in which Flint Fireforge has been invited to the kingdom of the Qualinesti elves for his legendary skills in metalsmithing, where he befriends the outcast Tanis Half-Elven who is framed for murder by a jealous rival.

[1] The book narrates the first meeting between dwarven metalsmith, Flint Fireforge and a young Tanis Half-Elven.

Flint journeys to the fabled elven city of Qualinost, where he spends every Spring working on jewelry and projects for the Speaker of the Sun.

There he meets Tanis, a thoughtful youth born of a tragic union between elf and man.