The author pens "The Companions" the first book in the 'The Sundering Series' in a plot that just gripped me right from the beginning. I was totally taken back of the author's way with words, just really outstanding. Each of his characters have their own unique personalities and battles to fight ...
I haven't read any of the forgotten realm stories before, and this was the first ever audio book for me as well. It's very difficult to compare to actual text-books, but I enjoyed it very much, the stories were engaging, the characters became alive in my mind, and I could not wait to find out wha...
A Dwarf, a Battle Mage and a Halfling gather in the Hereafter and swear a pact to be reincarnated on earth to come to the aid of an Elf friend. Before they part ways, the group decides to reconvene in 21 years on the first day of spring at a remote mountaintop. Little do they know that this will ...
SPOILERSIn general this was a fun read but the sudden and completely unsupported decision of the group to start hating orcs again really left a bad taste in my mouth. And that's not due to the concept itself, but rather the missed opportunity it represents. Setting up the orcs as something other ...
I started reading about Drizzt back in 2007 on the caltrain while on my way into grad school. This was one of my first audiobook series on an iPod. Now- 7 years, 3 iPhone models, and 19 books later I get to the end of my dark elf protagonist's Second Life, and beginning of his Third Life. I stop...
Drizzt, Dahlia and Artemis Entreri succeed in in wresting Charon's Claw from Herzgo Alegni but in the battle Guen is captured and is being held by Draygo Quick in the Shadowfell. Quick used "The Shifter" to offer a trade to Drizzt he would release Guen if Drizzt would return Charon's Claw to him....
A 3.5Spoiler’s throughout:Bravo Salvatore for being brave enough to kill off Drizzt. Although the book hinted at it early and often, I feared in the last 20 pages that you would not have the guts. I am sure having a beloved character like Drizzt is a blessing and a curse. The last few books ha...
I don't think Drizzt is dead, but I guess I'll have to wait and see. Salvatore certainly leads you to believe that Drizzt dies at the end of this book.I was happy to discover that Jarlaxle hadn't willing betrayed Artemis Entreri. I am rather fond of both of them, and was pleased with the lengths ...
Fantasy novel – second in this particular seriesNot familiar with R A Salvatore, I found out by research that this is the 27th novel of its kind which means that I’m coming in a little late!It’s the second in this series and the first chapters are inundated with names of characters, places and cr...
3.5 stars, the young inventive scholar-priest Cadderly faces off with his ultimate nemesis - the chaos curse personified, drawing to a startling conclusion!Being the last book in the series, it's interesting to reflect on how all the characters, major and minor, evolved from the first book. Many ...
Amor Conquista TodoSome of my faithful Christian friends would find this fantasy book quite objectionable, emphasizing as it does a pagan evil, perhaps, some would say, demonic things. They would be mistaken.Drizzt is a dark elf, a Drow. In the extreme minority of his people, he has a conscience,...
Obviously, this book is the companion to the movie of the same title. It fills in some valuable additional background and character development that was absent in the film.First: we get more of a view of Padme's mindset when Anakin comes back into her life. In the movie, it is clear that Anakin r...
Very boring, at the start. Dull throughout the rest. Also quite confusing, as there wasn't any lead-up to the how and why the story started as it did. Throughout the story, there is something rather missing: a sense of adventure. Now, it feels more like chess pieces slowly moving in a certain dir...
After reading a chapter or two, I realized to my surprise that I have never actually read this first Salvatore novel before. It's a strange experience, because I know the story of Drizzt so well from other books and other media, to the point that it feels like I must have read this previously...b...
Buddy-Read with the most wonderful Branwen!Dave's Quick Judgement - THE DEFENSE - The three main characters are all fascinating in their own unique ways. - Salvatore's writing has matured, resulting in more depth than his previous work. - Salvatore's ability to write beautifully detailed act...
This 3rd book in the War of The Spider Queen saga sets a steady pace following the conniving dark elf assassin, Nimor as he strives to bring war to Menzobrranzan, and another group of uncanny dark elves traversing through the Underdark and the surface world seeking out the myster of the Silence o...
First in Salavtore's Ynis Aielle trilogy, one of his earlier works, and a fantastic read!At first I was skeptical of it, seemed a little too sci-fi for my tastes, but wound up really good.A submarine team going through the Bermuda Triangle gets sucked into a pocket of suspended time, and when the...
Twice the combined might of Ynis Aielle's greatest heroes and wizards has hurled back the demon armies of Morgan Thalasi. Always the Black Warlock has rebounded, stronger and more evil. But never has he wielded such power as now. With the Staff of Death, Thalasi can raise a new army from out o...
"I had built this bubble around us...Nothing could hurt us—could really hurt us."Twenty-five years have past since Luke Skywalker went from a farm boy on Tatooine to destroyer of the Death Star. Han and Leia are married with three teenagers, Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin. Luke has married once-enemy...
She was floating off the ground. “Ye mean to kill him?” she asked, as if she were talking to someone standing before her. As she spoke, her eyes came back into focus. “The accent,” Jarlaxle remarked as Catti-brie’s shoulders shifted back—as if she thought she was leaning back in a chair, perhaps....
The going was easy, though, with plenty of food and cold, fresh water to be found, and no monsters or animals threatened her step. The only battle she knew during those days and especially those nights was the one that continued to rage in her heart and mind. She had lost Belli’mar Juraviel, who ...
Even the bodies remained, exactly where they fell. Braumin Herde and the other masters had ordered this – they wanted every monk at the monastery to see the harsh reality of this most awful day. Father Abbot Fio Bou-raiy lay crumpled on the floor just before the throne, a hole blown through his h...
Something was wrong, she knew instinctively, and she jumped up, scrambling about out of fear that another of those centipede creatures was upon her. But her room was quiet, with nothing out of place. Something had awakened her, but not something in here. “No!” came a cry from the adjoining bedroo...