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Passage to Dawn (Legacy of the Drow #4)
Revenge and Resurrection in a Frozen Wasteland!
Drizzt and Catti-brie have been away from Mithral Hall for six long years, but the pain of a lost companion still weighs heavily on their strong shoulders. Chasing pirates aboard Captain Deudermont's Sea Sprite is enough to draw their attention away from their grief. Then a mysterious castaway on an uncharted island sends them...more
Drizzt and Catti-brie have been away from Mithral Hall for six long years, but the pain of a lost companion still weighs heavily on their strong shoulders. Chasing pirates aboard Captain Deudermont's Sea Sprite is enough to draw their attention away from their grief. Then a mysterious castaway on an uncharted island sends them...more
Paperback, 347 pages
Published
August 1st 1997
by Wizards of the Coast
(first published November 30th 1993)
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You're probably familiar with the phrase "jumping the shark."� It refers to an episode of Happy Days when the Fonz does a water ski jump over a shark. The phrase is meant to pinpoint the exact moment when a TV series starts to go downhill.
Passage To Dawn inspired me to come up with a similar phrase:"Training the seal."� It's meant to pinpoint the exact moment when a fantasy book series starts to go downhill.
"Training the seal"� refers to an incident in this book when Drizzt trains a seal to div...more
Passage To Dawn inspired me to come up with a similar phrase:"Training the seal."� It's meant to pinpoint the exact moment when a fantasy book series starts to go downhill.
"Training the seal"� refers to an incident in this book when Drizzt trains a seal to div...more
I pulled out my old hardcover of Passage to Dawn and read it again recently. I was pleasantly pleased at how much I enjoyed it (and how quickly time seemed to melt away as I read it). Being back on the Sea Sprite was like being slipping into my favorite pair of running shoes and setting out one the trail. Salvatore is a master at pulling the reader into the adventure. I felt the excitement of Drizzt and Catti-brie fighting side-by-side without some of the emotional and physical baggage of more r...more
R.A. Salvatore has redeemed himself, and the Legacy of the Drow, with this installment of the dark elf's exploits. He saved the series from being a convoluted, overly busy and overcast mess with a simple story that touches on all the roots of the magnificence of the previous series and simultaneously giving us a new story with just the right amount of new characters and action sequences. This book is really very different from the other three, and for all the right reasons. It focuses way more o...more
So this is my least favorite Drizzt book so far. I don't really know why this series needed a 4th book. Some it was fun but some of it carried on for me. I am on my way though to catching up with the series!!
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Passage to Dawn
By R.A Salvatore
347 pages
isbn13: 9780786907502
Drizzt and Catti-brie are on a journey. In this book they chase pirates. They end up getting on a Pirates boat and by fighting them, this helps teir relieve the pain they had from losing one of their dearest friend. Just as they thought their grief was over, a Demon brings it all back.
This boo is very interesting. The way the book is written is just amazing. I really enjoyed this book. It was a great fantasy book and I think that R.A....more
By R.A Salvatore
347 pages
isbn13: 9780786907502
Drizzt and Catti-brie are on a journey. In this book they chase pirates. They end up getting on a Pirates boat and by fighting them, this helps teir relieve the pain they had from losing one of their dearest friend. Just as they thought their grief was over, a Demon brings it all back.
This boo is very interesting. The way the book is written is just amazing. I really enjoyed this book. It was a great fantasy book and I think that R.A....more
Okay. I gave the author the benefit of the doubt, actually finishing the 4th and least impressive of the Legacy of the Drow quartet. My mistake. I really don't have anything positive to say about this, other than I'm glad my R.A. Salvatore experiment finally is over. Now I can go back to reading quality writers.
It boggles my mind that any of this series warrant the moniker of "New York Times Best-Seller. I won't spoil anyone else's quasi-enjoyment by including spoilers. All I have to say is that...more
It boggles my mind that any of this series warrant the moniker of "New York Times Best-Seller. I won't spoil anyone else's quasi-enjoyment by including spoilers. All I have to say is that...more
Another very good volume in this series, though not as good as the last, in my opinion. The drama is heightened and the growth is felt early on with the voyages and meetings, but the second half of the book drags a bit and leads to a lack-luster climactic battle. I just felt like it could have been done better at the end, though I did enjoy the ending. Salvatore seems to have the ability to make a large-scale battle leap off the page, but, at times, his one-on-one encounters are clunky to read....more
In this volume Drizzt follows Catti-brie south on the sword coast. They join the anti-pirate Captain Deudermont's boat, the Sea Sprite. An enemy from the past, Errtu, helped by the Goddess Loth, is plotting revenge against the dark elf, and disrupts the heroes life again. Assisted by one of the lunatic mages of the Harpel family, Drizzt, Catti-brie and Capitan Deudermont find themselves looking for a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean. The book is entertaining, but there's nothing real...more
In an odd departure, this book picks up 6 years after the end of the last one - Siege of Darkness. Drizzt Do'Urden, the dark elven ranger, and Catti-brie, the human adopted daughter of the dwarven king Bruenor Battlehammer, have spent the years chasing pirates aboard the ship Sea Sprite with their friend Captain Deudermont. After Duedermont is attacked by a doppleganger, they embark on a quest to locate a mythical island. Once there, Drizzt and Catti-brie are given a poem by an old witch, which...more
My new years resolution this year is to finish the Drizzt series (up to 13 since that's all I own and I will not buy more) and the Fire of Heaven Series by Russell Kirkpatrick (forgive me if I spell the name wrong). Boring books that I have given up on, but I decided that this year I will finish.
I'm only 50 pages into Passage to Dawn and I can tell I'm in for a struggle. I hate Drizzt. Hate. Hate. Hate. A doppleganger takes over Captain Deudermont's body and before the doppleganger is with Drizz...more
I'm only 50 pages into Passage to Dawn and I can tell I'm in for a struggle. I hate Drizzt. Hate. Hate. Hate. A doppleganger takes over Captain Deudermont's body and before the doppleganger is with Drizz...more
THIS is what I'm talkin' 'bout. This is the Salvatore that got me hooked on Drizzt. The whole story was fun and new, despite the fact that it slightly mirrored some of the earlier Drizzt adventures.
Again, Salvatore's humor, wit, twists and tales of adventure, loyalty, friendship and good triumphing over evil truly drew me in. I love that Harkell had an even larger and much more important role in this story, and I enjoyed the introductions of both Cadderly and Danica, and Ivan and Pikel.
But the t...more
Again, Salvatore's humor, wit, twists and tales of adventure, loyalty, friendship and good triumphing over evil truly drew me in. I love that Harkell had an even larger and much more important role in this story, and I enjoyed the introductions of both Cadderly and Danica, and Ivan and Pikel.
But the t...more
At the end of Siege of Darkness the drow army was defeated. A restless Drizzt set off on his own to find adventure. Catti-Brie has followed him on this excursion. A the beginning of Passage to Dawn we see them joined up with their old friend Captain Deudermont. They have found their adventures on the high seas as pirate chasers. A new adventure begins when a shape-shifter takes on the form of the Captain and attacks Drizzt and Catti-Brie. To find answers they must seek out a mysterious island. T...more
The last Drizz't book I'll be reading.
While Salvatore can write a good battle scene, it seems that he writes like a crap author in every other situation. Which is odd, as I've read his Star Wars books, and while not terribly impressed, I didn't feel like a 10year old was writing the dialogue.
So farewell Mr Drizz't. May you find a luscious dark elf who also likes goodness, mainly so that Salvatore can stop yanking your chain with these terribly forced, awkward, cross-species wannabe romances...
While Salvatore can write a good battle scene, it seems that he writes like a crap author in every other situation. Which is odd, as I've read his Star Wars books, and while not terribly impressed, I didn't feel like a 10year old was writing the dialogue.
So farewell Mr Drizz't. May you find a luscious dark elf who also likes goodness, mainly so that Salvatore can stop yanking your chain with these terribly forced, awkward, cross-species wannabe romances...
First I want to say I'm a long time R.A Salvatore fan and also a Drizzt fan (no not a fanboy fan, fanboys are weirdos).
Ok let's go....
I thought the best i can say for this book is it has a couple of moments that did entertain. but all in all I found it very cartoon like and a bit soap opera like. I mean Wulfgar! on Ice? seriously? is it like a drink? hey next time order a Wulfgar on ice. mmm good! not.
so read this one for the sake of the good times of old and let's hope the next is a bit more......more
Ok let's go....
I thought the best i can say for this book is it has a couple of moments that did entertain. but all in all I found it very cartoon like and a bit soap opera like. I mean Wulfgar! on Ice? seriously? is it like a drink? hey next time order a Wulfgar on ice. mmm good! not.
so read this one for the sake of the good times of old and let's hope the next is a bit more......more
Yet another amazing installment of the Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore! In this one, Dirzzt and his friends are once again caught up in the evil machinations of the demon Errtu, and have to band together to defeat him. I loved this story, as I have loved all of the Drizzt books so far. I love the fight scenes that Salvatore crafts, he really knows how to make you feel as if you are there in the action with the characters. And I love love LOVE the close relationship between Drizzt and his friends...more
Une autre très bonne aventure de Drizzt et ses compagnons. L'histoire est classique pour cette série, avec un bon mélange d'action et d'intrigue, les héros partent à l'aventure pour combattre un vieil ennemi. Bien que la fin soit prévisible, cela n'en demeure pas moins un incontournable pour les fans de l'elfe noir. Personnellement, j'ai particulièrement apprécié la première partie, dans un style un peu pirate, l'aventure sur bateau et les batailles navales apportaient une belle variation à la s...more
Wah wah wah. The only thing that kept me going through this last book in the series were the other characters. By this point, Drizzt really pissed me off, and I wished I could have punched him in the face so he could realize how much of a little bitch he can be. It's best to take a breather in between these books.
I love reading Salvatore's books, but sometimes I don't know why. (Oh wait. Yes, I do. Because of Drizzt.) I liked this book, and I can't wait to see what happens in the series, but I discovered that 1) 30 pages of combat bore me to tears and 2) I really, really, really wish Salvatore would just let his characters STAY dead.
This book wraps up the Legacy of the Drow four-book sequence. I thought the first of the four was decent, but the following three were not up to the same level in my opinion. These latter books felt almost rushed, and had even more comic relief in them than the usual Salvatore novel (to their detriment). Suffice to say, these books are part of my lighter reading fare that I use for pure escapism, but even escapism can become too light and airy.
This was another in Salvatore's continual collection of great stories. It's almost as if he has a line to another realm and warriors are telling him of their great journey's and feats or maybe those of greater still beyond themselves. Legends from another realm... The forgotten realms.
This one was better than the last few lackluster installments. However it isnt nearly as good as the phenominal first three. I've begun to realize Salvatore will never get back to those amazing five star days. He will continue to write nice four star battle heavy novels though.
More Drizzt, more Guenhwyvar, and more Catti-brie. It's more then a little hokey and repetitive, but sometimes that's not a bad thing. It's the tenth book in a series. I don't think I've read a series this long except when I was a wee lad reading The Hardy Boys.
Not one of the best Drizzt book so far, perhaps it's just because I kinda guessed all the way who is the one in Errtu's prison all along. The adventure is quite interesting, and I really like the new characters introduced in this book.
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I loved all of the action in this book. The crystal shard and Errtu are truly evil enemies. Also, the unexpected return of a friend was AWESOME. Definitely one of my favorites in the series so far.
Book 10 was fantastic. Enjoyed this one as much as book 8. Another excellent quick read from Salvatore's classic series. Loved the connection to the Cleric Quintet with Cadderly making an appearance!
This was the first book of this series I ever read on a Broadway show tour in Switzerland it got me hooked on the author and the series and I have never regretted reading it.
R.A. Salvatore is an amazing auther. Definitely one of my favorites. each book in this series just keeps getting better.
2 and a half stars, rounded to 3 beause I liked the ending a lot. However, I found the rest of the book extremely boring and full of lazy writing. I mean, there's a spell that moves time forward (3 times in the same book)! The next laziest thing would be to call it Deusexmachinus!
This is another great adventure with Drizzt. This book contiues the epic saga of Drizzt and his friends' adventures.
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As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore’s most recent original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-...more
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