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The Lone Drow (Hunter's Blades #2)
Alone on the battlefield.
Surrounded by death.
Cornered by enemies.
And ready to die.
Drizzt Do’Urden has become the Hunter, the bane of the orc hordes still ravaging the North. Cut off, alone, convinced that everything he ever valued has been destroyed, all that’s left is to kill, and kill, and kill, until there are no enemies left. But there are a lot of enemies, and even th...more
Surrounded by death.
Cornered by enemies.
And ready to die.
Drizzt Do’Urden has become the Hunter, the bane of the orc hordes still ravaging the North. Cut off, alone, convinced that everything he ever valued has been destroyed, all that’s left is to kill, and kill, and kill, until there are no enemies left. But there are a lot of enemies, and even th...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
June 1st 2004
by Wizards of the Coast
(first published 2003)
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I really enjoyed this book. Recently I have been re-reading through the Drizzt books. At the time that I read this I was between Streams of Silver and The Halfling’s Gem. This book is quite different from the older books, but it was still very enjoyable. It took a while for the book to build up, but once it got going it was fantastic. I got tired of Drizzt being all mopey. The alter-ego of the Hunter wasn’t as strong as I was expecting. In Exile, the Hunter took over Drizzt’s life. He couldn’t t...more
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Salvatore impresses with plot ingenuity not seen since his earliest novels. This alone would be worthy of 4.5 stars. Unfortunately, he strangles the renewed story vitality (begun in The Thousand Orcs) with the worst character interactions of the series. They make the peculiar twists of The Spine of the World seem masterful by comparison.
Perhaps Mr. Salvatore had a deadline, or otherwise didn't put in the time he wanted to on this one. What passes for introspection and conversation in this book i...more
Perhaps Mr. Salvatore had a deadline, or otherwise didn't put in the time he wanted to on this one. What passes for introspection and conversation in this book i...more
It is not a bad book, but the last few titles in the Drizzt campaign have been lackluster--including this one. The main problem is the lack of growth in the series. While events happen that should change things, everything eventually remains the same. Wulfgar and Bruenor should rightfully be dead at this point (or in Wulfgar's case he should be busy raising a kid instead of out gratuitously adventuring), and Drizzt should have had the courage to either love Catti-brie as he should or give a defi...more
This ended up being the last Drizzt book I bought for a good while until I picked up Gauntlgrym at a closing Borders recently. I loved Salvatore's work in the past but over the years it has begun to feel watered down compared to other authors I follow. The novels are much shorter and lack the substance I've come to expect. The Lone Drow was one I barely finished, and I only vaguely remember now. :/ If not for the cover art, I probably wouldn't of remembered it at all.
Look, it's another Drizzt book! Seriously, these things have become something like a soap opera for me. I'm interested in them because (for whatever reason) I find the characters compelling, and I want to find out what happens next. This one has Drizzt off on his own, dealing with the emotional demons that haunt him, while the other companions are busily defending Mithral Hall.
But is there anything new here? Well, not really. The Drizzt angst is a little bit different, but not really all that re...more
But is there anything new here? Well, not really. The Drizzt angst is a little bit different, but not really all that re...more
In The Lone Drow, R.A. Salvatore goes back and reintroduces something that has been rarely seen in the Legend of Drizzit series, an angry Drizzit. Very few times has he slipped into such madness that he is willing to risk life and limb just to kill all enemies that are in front of him and around him. However, that is what he does since he saw his true friends fall, along with the entire tower they were standing on. Now he is a man on a mission, to get revenge. There is nothing scarier than an el...more
Just finished this book, 2 days after finishing the 1st book in this trilogy hoping for something better than the "OK" I felt after the last one. And I got it. Drizzt is out doing what he does best, killing monsters while facing his inner monster. I good story that is full of action and even a few "good guys" buying their end. Though all the "heroes" make it through the overwhelming odds that face them, you can expect that. It just doesn't seem that Salvatore can kill any of them off in fear of...more
I didn't like it as much as the other Drizzit books. It has a lot of fighting, which is expected, but it was throughout the entire book instead of the book revolving around things happening to the individual characters. I know the author was trying to show how the characters handle pain and persevere, but I got bored with all of the battles.
The orc/giantess dynamic was interesting though. I actually got to the point where I wanted to read about that more than Drizzit because at least something...more
The orc/giantess dynamic was interesting though. I actually got to the point where I wanted to read about that more than Drizzit because at least something...more
A truly inspiring tale, one that puts Drizzt Do'urden in the deepest darkest place he has ever been so far. After the terrible battle in The Thousand Orcs, Drizzt believes his enire "family" to have been killed, and in his own dark solace and quite rage, begins to systematically hunt orcs, killing as many as he could one by one. This dark road the Drizzt once again walks down was a very good read, the diction was heavy and rich like a sweet honey, as was normal for R.A. Salvatore, and the long t...more
The orcs of the mountains have come down in force. Led by the chieftain Obould Many-Arrows they have swept all before them. The dwarves have been pushed back to a defensive position. Obould is like no other orc chieftain before. His goal is not plunder, but instead he seeks to establish a kingdom. In Mithril Hall King Bruenor Battlehammer lies at death’s door. Regis has been named regent. Catti-Brie and Wulfgar fight at the defensive lines hoping that something will bring them victory. Help come...more
This was the hardest Drizzt book yet for me to read. It got a little better at the end, but oh it was a tedious book. The problem is two-fold. We are in a huge war and war really doesn't read to well. There was too much focus on which force was moving where, what reinforcements may or may not be coming and again my biggest problem with the author (who I really like and this is nit-picky), his overly descriptive battles. I find myself skimming over whole paragraphs as I don't really care about th...more
I feel betrayed, angry, and let down by R. A. Salvatore. In a series called The Hunters Blades, there is very little of the Hunter or his blades—I’m pissed, disappointed, and not sure if I can read any more books in this series. I cancelled my order for The Orc King today, and if I do go on to read them, it will be after they’re available in a box set like the other series. For now, I’m content to let their pretty (and misrepresentational) covers adorn my bookshelf, because the story within on t...more
For Drizzt fans, this is definitely an entertaining read, and is certainly more gripping than book 1 of this particular series. That said, Salvatore gets too caught up in describing his battles in lengthy and often tedious detail. This is fun fluff and DnD fanfic for readers already familiar with Forgotten Realms and a cast of characters that were far better captured in Salvatore's earlier work.
It might be my chain reading of this series that made it lack luster to me. Some of the other books were so strong and engaging. This is book 15 or so in multiple trilogies and this trilogy deals with more of a war aspect instead of a quest party. That might have been a big reason why it took me so long to get through it.
I will continue these wonderful books and hope to get through this trilogy (on the last book now) and get on with the series. Hopefully, there will be some exciting turn of even...more
I will continue these wonderful books and hope to get through this trilogy (on the last book now) and get on with the series. Hopefully, there will be some exciting turn of even...more
this book is about drizzt alone, again, after he saw breunor go down with the tower, and assumes the rest of his friends are also dead. so drizzt returns to the tower later only to find breunors one-hormed helmet, and that is all he needs to confirm his suspicions, and that is the beginning of his loneliness, he takes refuge in a cave and become the hunter again to take vengeance on his friends after the orc invasion has begun. but what drizzt doesn't know is that his friends survived and ad gon...more
This Book was good! THe author made it seem llike you could eat the characters in his book. His craft is one the best ever. This is the Fithteenth book I read by this author. The author devolpes his characters perfecting. You think you can go into the setting and sit along side the characters. You also feel that you can dive into the story and fight and die with the main characters.
I've read all of the Drizzt series to this point, and this is without a doubt the worst book of the series. It took me months to finnish this book, because I kept picking it up and putting it back down because it was impossible to enjoy.
Well as far as the Drizzt books go this is both good and bad. I like it but I must admit these books where way cooler when I was in high school. I am going to continue reading them to see how it ends though. Also even though Drizzt is a whiner he does think of some really good truths.
Probably my favorite of the Drizzt books, of which I have read all save the most recent. There's something a bit cliche about the endless series books like this, but I've got a soft spot for this one.
Drizzt really starts to get a little maudlin here, not that he doesn't have plenty excuse. However, with a centuries long life span, he'd better learn to let bygones be bygones. :)
Waaaaay too long. Needlessly so. The last hundred pages are good and fast-paced, but I still have the feeling that this trilogy could have made a nice one normal length Drizzt book with the help of stern editing.
Probably my favorite book of the trilogy. Drizzt is on the warpath, more so than usual, and wreaks revenge on any and all monsters in sight. Excellent action!
I liked Drizzt's lone hunts in this one. Finally the idea of the Hunter morphed into some darker themes, and that's something I can indeed appreciate.
Drizzt descends into the persona of the hunter when he is driven to the edge. Salvatore proves time and time again how great of a writer he is.
This is another great adventure with Drizzt. This book contiues the epic saga of Drizzt and his friends' adventures.
The worst kinds of Mary Sue, to me, are the Bulletproof Sue and the Constantly Brooding Sue. Driz'zt is both. Ugh.
Too long, too long-winded, too dragged out. At a certain point, I felt like strangling the author. I literally yelled at the story to finally move ON! Fight, retreat, talk. Fight, retreat, talk. Lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum. The deaths surprised me, though, I didn't expect them. My favorite characters in this book: Regis and Nanfoodle.
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This one was as good as the rest but was more of a transitions style of book (to me); much like Empire was to New Hope and Jedi. The first book had a lot going on and I expect the third to have have a lot too.
Best book I've ever read. Wouldn't be if not for all the books before it though.
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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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