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The Sundering

The Sundering is a major story event that in its specific expressions will include six major hardcover novels, written by the most popular and talented Forgotten Realms authors (R.A. Salvatore, Paul Kemp, Erin M. Evans, Richard Lee Byers, Troy Denning, and Ed Greenwood) and released every other month from August 2013 to June 2014. Each novel will tell a self-contained story featuring both new and well-loved characters, set against the background of the unfolding events that are reshaping the world.

What good is your gold if your friends will not lift you when you have fallen?

How long lived our memory of you when you are gone?

Because in the end, that is the only measure. In the end, when life’s last flickers fade, all that remains is memory. Richness, in the final measure, is not weighed in gold coins, but in the number of people you have touched, the tears of those who mourn your passing, and the fond remembrances of those who continue to celebrate your life.

- Drizzt Do'Urden

This latest installment in New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore's beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life--the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.

The Companions Sample Chapter

The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms.

Sample Chapter

The Crystal Shard

Drizzt Do'Urden has settled in the windswept towns of Icewind Dale. There, he encounters a young barbarian named Wulfgar, captured in a raid and made the ward of a grizzled dwarf name Bruenor. With Drizzt's help, Wulfgar will grow from a feral child to a man with the heart of a dwarf, the instincts of a savage, and the soul of a hero. But it will take even more than that to defeat the demonic power of Crenshininbon, the fabled Crystal Shard.

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The Companions e-signing

How long lived our memory of you when you are gone? Because in the end, that is the only measure. - Drizzt Do'Urden

In The Companions R.A. Salvatore launches a major world-shaping event that will move Drizzt into a restored era of the Forgotten Realms.

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Barnes and Noble Interview

Read an interview by Paul Goat Allen with R. A. Salvatore talking about The Companions.

"The Greater the Risk, the Greater the Reward."

For the past 25 years, millions of fantasy fans worldwide have followed R.A. Salvatore...

The Last Threshold e-signing has ended

The e-signing for The Last Threshold has ended. Books be signed and shipped out on release day. Thanks for your continued support in making our e-signings a success!

Book Tour Information

e-signing coming to an end

Today is your last chance to get your order in for a signed/personalized copy of The Last Threshold. This latest Drizzt Do'Urden book in the Neverwinter Saga will be released March 5th.

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The Last Threshold Book Tour

March 5, 20103

Johns Hopkins University 7 -9pm

Barnes & Noble College Store

3330 St. Paul Street

Baltimore, MD


March 6, 2013

Barnes & Noble 7-9pm

395 Route 3 East

Clifton, NJ


March 7, 2013

Rutgers University 7-9pm

Barnes & Noble College Store

100 Somerset Street

New Brunswick, NJ


March 22 -23

PAX East

2/22 Panel 6:30-7:30PM

Escapist Panel - Dorks & Sports
Wyvern Theater


2/23 D&D Media Reception 7-10 pm

Empire Restaurant

1 Marina Park Drive Boston

The Last Threshold

In the final book of the #4 New York Times best-selling Neverwinter Saga, Drizzt Do'Urden navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies. Tangled up in his companion Dahlia’s dark secrets, the ties that once held her close to Drizzt threaten to tear as her bonds to his former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of Bregan D'aerthe in his quest to destroy Drizzt. While making promises they may not keep, the agents of the elite drow mercenary group hide plans of their own. Determined to stand for what’s right in the Realms once again, Drizzt forges a new road north—toward Icewind Dale. Will his new companions follow? Can he fight the darkness alone? Either way, he knows now where he’s headed—back to the only place that’s ever felt like home.

Praise for the Neverwinter Saga:


"Emotional, respectful of its characters, intelligently written and structured, and finally summons a sense of nostalgic sorrow throughout"–Fantasy Book Review on Gauntlgrym, Neverwinter Saga Book I

"Full of excitement. Salvatore has mastered the art of showing a beautiful fight scene, and he is at the top of his game in this one. We meet many characters with many different fighting styles, and Salvatore does a great job of distinguishing between them. He manages to take these scenes from so much more than just a fight scene, to an integral part of the story."—The SFF Hub on Gauntlgrym, Neverwinter Saga Book I


"A quick read with some very satisfying fight scenes. It’s also deeply layered with emotional atmosphere" —California Literary Review on Gauntlgrym, Neverwinter Saga Book I

The Last Threshold e-signing

We are now taking reserves for the final book of the #4 New York Times best-selling Neverwinter Saga. The newest Drizzt Do'Urden book will be released early March 2013.

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