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Canticle - Forgotten Realms, The Cleric Quintet 1
This book is about a young man names Cadderly who stumbled apon a man bent on taking over the region. Cadderly unknowningly opened a bottle containing the chaos curse (a mist that makes every one do what their heart desires most, good or bad) and that mist killed most of the people that Cadderly didn't really care for except for his druidic friend Newander who was slain by the enemy. Cadderly had been the one who killed that man. His blood was in his ...
Homeland - Forgotten Realms, Dark Elf Trilogy 1
R.A. Salvatore begins the Drizzt Do'Urden tales in this fantastic book, "Homeland". Barely rescued as a baby from certain death, Drizzt is raised amongst the vile world of the dark elves. But Drizzt has morals and honor, unheard of and illegal in the drow society. Can he survive in a world as evil as Menzoberranzan? ...
Immortalis
Del Ray, May 2003, 26.95, 496 pp. ISBN: 0345441222 Elven trained Aydrian kills his stepfather, exiles his mother Jilseponie, and declares himself king of Honce-the-Bear. With his large army King Aydrian leads an attack on the elves, who manage, through a huge sacrifice, to defeat him. In the south, Behren is dissolving into a series of petty city-states. Brynn, elven trained, liberates her country of To-gai from invaders with the help of the...
Sea of Swords - Forgotten Realms, Paths of Darkness 4
Once again, Drizzt Do'Urden, Cattie-brie, Regis, and Bruenor set out upon adventures, only to discover that Wulfgar, their dear friend and long ago companion may be in dire trouble. While his friends search for him, Wulfgar is chasing down his stolen battlehammer, Aegis-fang, that has fallen into the hands of Shiela Kree, a notorious pirate. Wulfgar is also battling his own problems, coming to terms with a newfound love for a woman who has become his w...

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Servant of the Shard
An assasin is fighting to stop a friend from being over taken by a powerfull artifact. ...
Sojourn - Forgotten Realms, Dark Elf Trilogy 3
Drizzt Do'Urden, a member of the evil dark elves called "Drow", finds himself the opposite of his evil race, and seeks others like himself, people with honor and morals. Finding friends in unexpected places, Drizzts learns of the world, and has many adventures upholding the good....
The Crystal Shard - Icewind Trilogy 1
A poor wizard apprentice is taken in by an evil artifact's promises of power. He tries to take over an area that happens to include a great elven swordsman and his friends, all of whom are quite capable of taking on a lowly apprentice, even one with an evil artifact. The fight is made more difficult however, by the recruitment of several thousand evildoers for the bad guys and the good guys being too suspicious of each other to co-operate. Also, one of ...
The Dragon's Dagger
The Dragon's Dagger is a sequel to The Woods Out Back. During the course of the story, Gary Leger is whisked away to the land of Faerie for the second time. He first encountered the magical land in The Woods Out Back, which is replete with elves, dwarves, gnomes, a witch, a dragon, and a cunning leprechaun. It's up to Gary to lead his cohorts (Kelsey the elf, Geno the dwarf, and Mickey McMickey the leprechaun) against Robert, the shape-changing dragon...
The Highwayman
R. A. Salvatore CDS Books, Feb 2004, 25.95, 372 pp. ISBN: 1593150164 Decades before the Demon wars, Horne was not a united kingdom but a region of clans each ruled by a laird who owned the peasants who worked for him. The clans forced the peasants to build roads that would connect the land so trade would be easier. There was much danger at this time because of the goblins, who killed humans for spite and the power, and dwarves who wore red beret...
The Sword of Bedwyr - Crimson Shadow 1
A pretty good fantasy book about a young nobleman named Luthien Bedwyr who takes revenge upon a cyclopian warrior who kills his best friend, causing him to learn of how the people of Avon oppress his homeland of Eriador. He then goes on the road so his family will not suffer for his action, and befriends a halfling bandit. They have a series of adventures against the Avonese lords, and the two eventually come to the city of Montfort. Luthien falls in ...

R.A. Salvatore list of books

The Thousand Orcs
The lower part of the Spine of the World is under assault by a horde of giants and orcs seeking to conquer the region, and the dwarven cities are too busy competing with one another to notice the danger in the mountains. Bruenor, a dwarf, is about to become king of Mithral Hall, and his friends, among them Drizzt, agree to escort him to his new realm. However, they are drawn into the increasingly bloody war against the giants and orcs, and ultimately f...
The Woods Out Back - Dragonslayer 1
Gary Leger is a young man bored by a life in a factory until he is transported to a medeval world by a sly leprechan and a ring of dancing fairies. It is soon revealed that Gary has been brought to the land with a purpose; he is the chosen one to slay the dreaded dragon who wreaks havoc among the land and its people. Gary experiences a whole new world of adventures, battles, and new, somewhat strange friends. The sorceress, Cerdiwen makes things more com...
Transcendence
Del Rey, May 2002, 26.95, 448 pp. ISBN 0345430417 Although the demon Bestebulziir was defeated in the Demon War, the elves paid a very heavy price for that win. Their beloved land is demon stained and that rot is spreading, threatening to displace them from their home. In the event that this event should comes to pass, the eleven leader Lady Dassleron is determined that the To-goi should once more be in charge of their native land. ...
Vector Prime - Star Wars, the New Jedi Order 1
The Star Wars galaxy is invaded by a hostile and very deadly race, the sado-masochistic Yuuzhan Vong. It's up to Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, et al., to turn back the threat before it's too late. This is the first book of the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order story arc....