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  <title><![CDATA[Annihilation (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #5)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;The&lt;i&gt; New York Times&lt;/i&gt; best-seller, now in paperback! This paperback edition of the &lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; best-selling title expands the civil upheaval among the drow, one of the most popular races in the Forgotten Realms setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Annihilation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the Forgotten Realms setting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2004</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Philip Athans]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book in the series is somewhat difficult for me to review. There are many parts I enjoyed, namely the ongoing battle between the lich drow Dyrr and Gromph Baenre, but also parts that weren't good and seemed to just &quot;fill up space&quot;. First off I feel this book makes for the largest depa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44583143">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A somewhat disappointing read, in all honesty. A bad mark in what was a wonderful series. At times, it felt like that author didn't quite &quot;get&quot; the previous four books and somehow seems to have captured the personalities of the main characters inaccurately. The main party of drow felt... d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73275485">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 20:45:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 21:10:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books in the series.  First of all, I really enjoy this author and he is quickly becoming my most favorite realms author.  <br/>If I remeber correctly, this is the book where the seperated companions (if you can call a party of evil drow companions) rejoin.  <br/>What w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42180037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49642672">
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 18 04:26:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 04:28:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, killed one of my favorite characters and he/she's death didn't even make sense.  If you have to kill a badass character at least let them go out in style.  <br/><br/>Only thing saving this from a two star from me was Gromph's fight with the Lich.  ]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 07 12:47:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 07 12:56:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This entire series rocked. It is the first time I had encountered real plot, real character development, and facinating scenes in a fantasy novel. A trifecta generally unatainable in mainstream fantasy. It centers on a group of Drow, dark elves in Forgotten Realms, trying to save their world and the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26556206">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5491048">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 01 13:02:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 10 20:31:34 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another good book.  The story advanced quite a bit in this book, although the characters didn't really do or get anywhere for most of the book.  I would suggest the whole series, even if this wasn't the most exciting one in the series.  There was  a huge magical battle in this one though that was pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5491048">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17579464">
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    <location><![CDATA[Brasilia, Brazil]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 26 16:12:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a detour in the series, a too long tale of what in rpg we call &quot;random encounters&quot;. Yet you have to read through it to the end of the saga. Unlike book 4, this one has to be read or you won't understand the 6th. Well, if you read the first 4, why not?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[He killed my favorite character and dummied down the plot and story line. because of this book, I've vowed never to read anything by Phillip Athans again.]]></body>
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