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Dungeons & Dragons Library Collection, Vol. 1
Explore iconic locations and fan-favorite characters from across the multiverse with these thrilling stories from the history of IDW's Dungeons & Dragons comics!
First, in The Legend of Drizzt—Neverwinter Tales the most popular character from the most popular fantasy world of all time comes to life in his first original comic book tale. Drizzt and his companion, Dahlia, hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior, and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor'crae factor into the mystery.
Then, in Dungeons & Cutter Tierflin and Doum'weille are half-Drow siblings, locked in competition for the ownership of the bloodthirsty sword Khazid'hea—the Cutter! Their father, the Drow renegade Tos'un—a veteran of battles against the Kingdom of Many-Arrows—is forced to choose his heir…but what does the powerful sword have to say on the subject?
Brought to you by writers R.A. Salvatore (creator of the beloved dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden) and Geno Salvatore with artists Agustin Padilla and David Baldeón.
First, in The Legend of Drizzt—Neverwinter Tales the most popular character from the most popular fantasy world of all time comes to life in his first original comic book tale. Drizzt and his companion, Dahlia, hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior, and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor'crae factor into the mystery.
Then, in Dungeons & Cutter Tierflin and Doum'weille are half-Drow siblings, locked in competition for the ownership of the bloodthirsty sword Khazid'hea—the Cutter! Their father, the Drow renegade Tos'un—a veteran of battles against the Kingdom of Many-Arrows—is forced to choose his heir…but what does the powerful sword have to say on the subject?
Brought to you by writers R.A. Salvatore (creator of the beloved dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden) and Geno Salvatore with artists Agustin Padilla and David Baldeón.
248 pages, Paperback
Published November 28, 2023
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About the author
R.A. Salvatore
564 books11.4k followersAs 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 original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French.
Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
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August 22, 2023
These 2 stories honestly don't bring much new to the table even though they are both written by R.A. Salvatore.
The Legend of Drizzt - Neverwinter Tales - ★★★
An original Drizzt comic that doesn't really stand on its own. Without having read the Neverwinter stories, it's hard sailing and seemingly not much happens. Drizzt and his companion search for a vampire while said vampire dwarf refuses to kill anything other than monsters. There's this weird thing with a vampire ghost that's really confusing. It's fine, but really only for completists.
Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter - ★★
Two half-drow siblings fight over a cursed blade. It's interesting at first but then spins its wheels in the middle issues to draw this out to 5 issues. These are all pretty minor characters and completely skippable.
The Legend of Drizzt - Neverwinter Tales - ★★★
An original Drizzt comic that doesn't really stand on its own. Without having read the Neverwinter stories, it's hard sailing and seemingly not much happens. Drizzt and his companion search for a vampire while said vampire dwarf refuses to kill anything other than monsters. There's this weird thing with a vampire ghost that's really confusing. It's fine, but really only for completists.
Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter - ★★
Two half-drow siblings fight over a cursed blade. It's interesting at first but then spins its wheels in the middle issues to draw this out to 5 issues. These are all pretty minor characters and completely skippable.
July 24, 2023
The first volume in the IDW's Dungeon & Dragons Library Collection collects two comic book mini-series by R.A. and Geno Salvatore. Neverwinter Tales is a great lead-in featuring Drizzt and Dahlia that sees the pair searching for what appears to be a vampire dwarf. The art doesn't quite do the story justice and while I really did enjoy the writing it does seem like unfortunately it falls into the realm of a lot of tie-in fiction where it's just vague enough that if you are a reader of only the Drizzt novels, you're not missing too much if you don't know it exists. The second story Cutter suffers the same way, as I wish the art was a little better to match up the story. The story itself is well done, but it just kind of ends. I wish it had a more definitive ending. Nevertheless, it made me want to get back into Drizzt novels. I think that perhaps with more Drizzt context, these stories would hit a little differently.
Special Thanks to IDW Publishing and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.
Special Thanks to IDW Publishing and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.
December 17, 2024
A really fun read with a very aesthetic art style! I just wish it was longer!
December 2, 2023
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This hefty graphic novel brings two novella style stories from the Drizzt saga, both set chronologically quite a bit in the 'past' of where the current batch of Drizzt novels happen (before 'The Sundering').In the first one we see events from where Thibbledorf Pwent turns into a vampire and Drizzt and Dahlia encounter him while trying to find a vampire themselves. The story is quite long but nothing particularly interesting happens other than Pwent's internal struggle of not giving into vampirism. There isn't anything new to reveal and there is no real conclusion to the story. Art is quite good though I find the babe-ification of the female characters something that could have been left to the 80's.
In the second set, we see more of the events of when Doum'wielle acquires Cutter and how she and her father run back to the underdark. As her overall story is tragic, even if very tangled and often contradictory, I had hopes for this one. Unfortunately again we don't really gain new insight and I still have no clue why Tos'un suddenly abandons his wife of a century - a fact that is not covered in the books either other than the 'all drow are evil' paradigm. Which again is weird, as in today's Drizzt books this is no longer true. Art is weaker in this set but not enough to distract.
As a person who has read all the Drizzt novels I still could not find these enticing, so they're a bit hard to recommend to others. Perhaps if you're going through the novels chronologically, reading these in the appropriate place might add value (or if you just wish to see visual representations of the characters). If you're not a fan and have no prior knowledge, these would be very hard to enjoy/understand/appreciate. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.
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