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Streams of Silver

(The Legend of Drizzt #5)

R.A. Salvatore

4.16 · Rating details · 36,559 ratings · 552 reviews

The epic tale of everyone's favorite dark elf, Drizzt Do'Urden, reaches new heights!

Drizzt Do'Urden struggles with his own inner voices, voices that call him back to the pitiless depths of the Underdark. But louder still are the voices of his newfound friends, and the dream that drives Bruenor Battlehammer on to reclaim Mithral Hall. Time and again they're told to turn bac ...more

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Feb 05, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-all, own

All of Drizzt books are probably going to be 5 stars, maybe a 4 star. Just sayin' ♥

My babies ❤️

"Come on," Regis offered. "Sit with Drizzt and me. No one will bother a tough old dwarf, but a tiny halfling and a skinny elf might look like good sporty the brutes in here. We need your size and strength to deter such unwanted attention."

Wulfgar's chin firmed up at the compliment and he strode boldly toward the table. Regis shot Drizzt a knowing wink and turned to follow.

"Many lessons you will lea
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Oct 16, 2012 David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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The Streams of Silver are just one of many treasures to be found in this fantastic adventure!

For over a century, Bruenor Battlehammer has been haunted by his past. In his nightmares, he still feels the horrors from the day he and his dwarven clan were chased out of their home at Mithral Hall. But when he and his friends defeated the evil wizard Akar Kessell and saved the people of Icewind Dale, Bruenor realized he now has a fighting unit strong enough to help him reclaim his lost home. Joined by ...more

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Apr 29, 2018 Choko rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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*** 4 ***

"...“How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?”..." ...more

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Aug 07, 2018 Markus rated it did not like it

Shelves: dungeons-and-dragons, fantasy, 2018, forgotten-realms

Popcorn fantasy is popcorn fantasy. Sometimes it's resoundingly enjoyable, sometimes it's not.

In this second book of the Icewind Dale trilogy, Drizzt, Bruenor, Regis and Wulfgar run off on a quest to find Bruenor's ancestral homeland of Mithral Hall. They spend some time doing very little in a city, before spending some time doing very little in a forest. Meanwhile, Catti-Brie is kidnapped by an assassin, and spends some time doing nothing with him.

I've taken a liking to R.A. Salvatore, and I ab ...more

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Aug 12, 2008 Brad rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, most-hated

Of the five Drizzt Do'Urden books I have read so far (I am taking them in order of timeline) Streams of Silver: The Legend of Drizzt Book V is by far the worst. Granted, none of them have been any better than questionable brain candy, but Streams of Silver goes beyond them all for sheer crapness.

It's not at all difficult to pinpoint Salvatore's biggest problem: his elementary views of good and evil. I have pointed out in previous reviews of his work that the way he structures good and evil is i ...more

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Dec 21, 2016 Wanda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: reading-project, fantasy, speculative-fiction, public-library, read-in-2016, here-be-dragons

Rating: 2.5 stars

Reading this series is more fun that doing housework. So that’s what I’ve been doing—reading this book, and not doing housework (which actually needs to be done quite badly at the moment).

Now, I never played Dungeons & Dragons, so I don’t really understand how these Forgotten Realms books fit into that whole scene, but I did obsessively read and re-read Tolkien as a teen (and I still re-read him on occasion, when I need comfort). So it’s pretty difficult for me to overlook how Rating: 2.5 stars

Reading this series is more fun that doing housework. So that’s what I’ve been doing—reading this book, and not doing housework (which actually needs to be done quite badly at the moment).

Now, I never played Dungeons & Dragons, so I don’t really understand how these Forgotten Realms books fit into that whole scene, but I did obsessively read and re-read Tolkien as a teen (and I still re-read him on occasion, when I need comfort). So it’s pretty difficult for me to overlook how much of this whole plot is lifted directly from The Hobbit and LOTR. Specifically, ~~Thorin Oakenshield~~ Bruenor Battlehammer and ~~the Mines of Moria~~ Mithril Hall. I would have felt better about it had Salvatore tried to change things up a bit, but by and large he used many, many of Tolkien’s details. It had been done before (The Sword of Shannara anyone?), but I still find it strange that an editor would let it pass.

I get the impression that Salvatore was one of the first writers to cash in on the cultural phenomenon of D&D and fantasy literature. It seems that publishers in the 1980s figured out that these fantasy quest tales would sell, whether they were well written or not, and flooded the market with a ton of such material. Perhaps Salvatore was one of the better ones? Is that why he made it on the NPR’s list of notable science fiction & fantasy? I note on Wikipedia that there is a listing of D&D writers—of the 60ish listed, I recognize only 5 names (and only Salvatore for the D&D writing). His writing is very florid and everything, even eating, is very dramatic.

If you enjoy these books, read them. Far be it from me to discourage your enjoyment. But if you, like me, find them a bit lackluster, let me make some recommendations: if you really enjoy Bruenor the dwarf or Regis the halfling, read Tolkien (if you haven’t already). If Wulfgar the barbarian is your favourite character, try Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian books. If you enjoy the magic and the adventure, look for Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. All three of these authors can really write—the plots flow, there are shades of gray in their heroes and villains, and their vocabulary is excellent, and they write beautifully.

Since I’m certainly at risk here of sounding like a cranky old woman, let me also note that I think these books would be excellent for young readers—the violence isn’t excessive or described in too much detail, the romance is very chaste, good & evil are very obvious, and the vocabulary shouldn’t be too taxing. (But do try to encourage them to read the good stuff like the books listed above once you have them hooked on reading—you’re never too young to read the good writing).

This is book number 235 in my Science Fiction & Fantasy reading project.
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Mar 26, 2020 Patrick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Another great adventure by RA Salvatore.

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Jun 27, 2018 Luke Scull rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Bruenor the dwarf and his companions Wulfgar the barbarian, Regis the halfling and Drizzt the renegade dark elf set forth from Icewind Dale on the most ambitious of quests: to rediscover the lost dwarven stronghold of Mithral Hall, birthplace of Bruenor and his clan. The road will be long and full of peril, for the Savage Frontier is a harsh place - and hot on their trail is the assassin Artemis Entreri, one of the most infamous killers in the Realms.

The sequel to 1988's The Crystal Shard is a f Bruenor the dwarf and his companions Wulfgar the barbarian, Regis the halfling and Drizzt the renegade dark elf set forth from Icewind Dale on the most ambitious of quests: to rediscover the lost dwarven stronghold of Mithral Hall, birthplace of Bruenor and his clan. The road will be long and full of peril, for the Savage Frontier is a harsh place - and hot on their trail is the assassin Artemis Entreri, one of the most infamous killers in the Realms.

The sequel to 1988's The Crystal Shard is a fast-faced, action-packed entry into the Forgotten Realms canon that swaps the politicking and warfare of Icewind Dale for a classic quest story. The Companions of the Hall make for an unlikely but effective group as they hack, slash and occasionally talk their way through the many dangers of the North. The relationships between the characters continue to develop, while this time around we get an insight into the mind of the hunter as well as the hunted, with Artemis Entreri's chapters representing some of the most engrossing in the novel.

At least for me, the writing didn't quite flow as smoothly as in The Crystal Shard, though this could be attributed to the cumulative edits and tweaks that have been made to the first book over the years. While it's fun to visit numerous locales such as the City of Sails, Luskan, and Longsaddle, home of the eccentric Harpell wizard clan, the travelogue-like nature of much of the story's first two acts naturally prohibits the sense of isolation and desperation that made the previous book so memorable.

As mentioned, the introduction of a highly competent nemesis for the Companions - more specifically, Drizzt - provides an overarching air of impending threat, and the anticipation this builds for the eventual showdown is what really drives the story until the third act. An ill-advised jaunt through the Evermoors is perhaps a tad too long and clumsily plotted to really work, while Drizzt's constant optimism and subsequent disappointment when faced with the surface world's prejudice towards his kind does an excellent job of building his character and complementing the seesawing elation and despair of the third act and its gut-punch ending - which fakes the death of one character only to (apparently!) kill off another.

The third act is the book's strongest by far, paying solid tribute to the Mines of Moria while introducing a deadly new foe in Shimmergloom, the great shadow dragon. The inevitable confrontation between Drizzt and Entreri is as memorizing in its psychology as in its swordplay. Once again, Salvatore describes combat in a highly personal, visceral way that sets him apart from most of his contemporaries. Bruenor's adopted daughter Cattie-Brie gets a little more page time, though she's largely passive. In fairness, this actually works in the story's favour - it helps build the legend of Entreri, a man so dangerous and terribly in-control that even the feisty daughter of a dwarven clan-leader struggles to find the courage to act against him. Elsewhere we get more female representation in the form of Sydney, an ambitious apprentice in the Host Tower of the Arcane, and a cameo from Alustriel Silverhand. Interestingly, Alustriel refers to her sister Dove being "much younger" - even though both are well into their seventh century of life. At this point, the power (and prestige) creep that eventually made the Chosen of Mystra so problematic hadn't yet taken root.

Streams of Silver is a fine sequel, laying the groundwork for a rivalry that would go on to become one of fantasy's finest, and fleshing out one of the more iconic regions of the Forgotten Realms. It's quite remarkable that R.A. Salvatore was able to put out a follow-up to The Crystal Shard (and indeed, a third and final part) so quickly while avoiding any missteps. You get the sense he loves this world and these characters, and ultimately this shines through on every page. ...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Rachael rated it really liked it · review of another edition

See my review for The Crystal Shard, as I have about the exact same things to say here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

A few differences--

-Monsters are more detailed this time. I could tell the difference between different types of bad guys. Not the case in The Crystal Shard.

-To my point made in my review of The Crystal Shard about women playing a crappy role. Here we see Cat develop some as a character. She gets involved in the adventure as more than just a love interest (although she ...more

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Jan 31, 2018 Ursula rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, years-18-to-24, g-fantasy, z-print, a-5-star-book, years-13-to-17-teenage

"The assassin's strength surprised her as he easily lifted her to a chair. He was a small man, slender as an elf and barely as tall as she, but every muscle on his compact frame was toned to its finest fighting edge. His very presence exuded an aura of strength and an unshakable confidence. This, too, unnerved Cattie-brie, because it wasn't the brash cockiness of an exuberant youngster, but the cool air of superiority of one who has seen a thousand fights and had never been bested" (20).

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Oct 01, 2018 daisy rated it liked it · review of another edition

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RTC maybe.

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Oct 20, 2009 Dani rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I have to say the more I read these books the more I find myself cheering for the baddies. Artemis was my main interest in this book. Don't get me wrong I enjoy reading these books but.. they aren't very good books. I also find the reviews quoted on the back about how deep Salvatore's characters are a little laughable. Drizzt wants to prove that he is better than Artemis by chasing him down, battling him, and ultimately murdering him. Murdering a human being. Murder. Something that I'm sure he w I have to say the more I read these books the more I find myself cheering for the baddies. Artemis was my main interest in this book. Don't get me wrong I enjoy reading these books but.. they aren't very good books. I also find the reviews quoted on the back about how deep Salvatore's characters are a little laughable. Drizzt wants to prove that he is better than Artemis by chasing him down, battling him, and ultimately murdering him. Murdering a human being. Murder. Something that I'm sure he will have no interpersonal battle with because hey "Artemis deserved it" (Or in the eyes of Drizzt he did and that is all that matters). Its just an interesting way to prove to himself that he isn't a heartless, passionless killer... by killing someone passionless and mercilessly.

I also find the "death" scenes to be somewhat boring. I find myself thinking: Please, you really expect me to believe that Drizzt/Battlehammer is dead. Really? Its like the main characters cannot/will not die. It takes the surprise out of things. In some books a few main characters get killed off and the story still goes on which means I'm sitting on the edge of my seat every battle thinking: PLEASE DON'T DIE !! Because that author really might just kill them off. With Salvatore its more of an eye rolling experience.

I just find the good guys to be hypocritical and annoying. They have their values, morals, etc and yet nothing seems to get in the way for them. They have no personal conflicts to overcome. And Drizzt's biggest problem is that he isn't accepted. Oh no! Life may as well end since no one loves him except his closest friends! The horror!! The bad guys on the other hand seem to have more depth and motivation and I was seriously sad to see Sydney go.

The more he writes these books the more I find the fun being sucked out of them. I enjoyed the first 3 (in which I found Drizzt's character to be different than these ones) but the more I read them the less I like and connect with them.

Also I hate Regis. Hate. Hate. Hate! He steals. He lies. He's a coward. And yet since he's of one of the "good races" its okay to be friends with him and over look all the faults that would normally make Drizzt and the others hate someone of the human race. Oh the Hypocrisy! ...more

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Mar 02, 2019 GrilledCheeseSamurai (Scott) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Love the way this one ended. Makes me want to immediately read the 3rd book. While I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first book I am still pretty hype to be revisiting these childhood favorites. ...more

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Jan 14, 2021 Lucille R. Andreea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.5/5
I knew the last sentence of this book was coming and yet it hit me in the face and I loved it

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Jan 09, 2012 Paul Darcy rated it liked it · review of another edition

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R. A. Salvatore. Huge name in the fantasy business of writing, and I think I know why.

This book, his second in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, features Drizzt (his most popular character creation I believe), a drow elf. These books are set in the popular "Forgotten Realms" fantasy world.

If you are into, or have ever played, Dungeons and Dragons, the backdrop of this novel will be as familiar to you as your own campaign. And even if you make the sign of the devil at anything related to D & D, you can’t ...more

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Dec 27, 2009 C rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

I tried. I really did. I read the first book in this series, The Crystal Shard, and my husband promised me that as the series progressed the author's writing got less and less clunky. Well, my husband is a liar. Every single page was full of incredibly annoying cliches from beginning writer's classes. It was awful. ...more

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Jun 13, 2017 Kira rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

My love for this series makes it impossible for me to review it. I can't write anything worthy of expressing my feelings for Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or the Wheel of Time series, and this book is solidly among them.

Simply fantasy canon. ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Cal rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, fantasy

Blatant rip-off of Moria down to a character falling down a crevice to his "death" on the back of a gigantic burning beast. Extremely lame and unoriginal plotline. ...more

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Nov 29, 2017 Justine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I love stories about travelling on the road. Lucky for me this story was exactly that!

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Nov 28, 2018 Zaeris rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, read-in-2018, reviewed, must-read, 5-stars, action-and-adventure

Finally, Drizzt goes on a roaming adventure.

I took a break from this series to give some other books a try, and so I could return with a greater appreciation for these Legend of Drizzt books. Sometimes too much of the same thing for awhile can diminish the enjoyment. I wasn't too thrilled with hearing more about Icewind Dale after the past book or so either. The squabbling of the Ten Towns just wasn't that interesting to me after awhile. Felt like I was reading more of the same.

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Sep 19, 2019 AAmell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A++

This book was absolute non-stop action from page 1. It's 377 pages but feels like 100 with how fast it reads. You'll be hard pressed to put this thing down at any point.
Salvatore is a genius. Period. No wonder the Drizzt series is considered the pinnacle of Fantast story telling. I really want to read the LOTR books now to see how they stack up to Salvatore (but that's a discussion for another day).

Salvatore is incredible at setting up those kinds of situations that give you goosebumps- you k ...more

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Oct 16, 2019 Bradley Woodall rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book made it seemed like the author got tired of hearing complaints about slow starts and just said fuck it lets go to 11/10. The story starts at a jog and ends in a pure Sprint to the finish. It had me on the edge of my seat and the ended was one didn't see coming. Only issue I have is this felt like it would have benefitted from being a bigger book. There was just so much ground covered so fast. But it still pulls it all together brilliantly as is expected from this amazing author ...more

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Aug 23, 2018 Sara rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars

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Feb 09, 2013 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: medieval-fantasy, roleplaying-fodder

In Streams of Silver Drizzt, Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis head off in search of Bruenor's homeland, Mithril Hall, all the while being chased by a wizard hunting Drizzt who teams up with an assassin hunting Regis. This chase aside, their journey to the Halls themselves are filled with perils and trials that test their strength and endurance.

I enjoyed this book despite its shortcomings. There is plenty of action, even if you have to greatly suspend your disbelief--these characters are superheroes In Streams of Silver Drizzt, Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis head off in search of Bruenor's homeland, Mithril Hall, all the while being chased by a wizard hunting Drizzt who teams up with an assassin hunting Regis. This chase aside, their journey to the Halls themselves are filled with perils and trials that test their strength and endurance.

I enjoyed this book despite its shortcomings. There is plenty of action, even if you have to greatly suspend your disbelief--these characters are superheroes of the fantasy genre. They can fight through intense pain (broken ribs, sprained ankles), days of travelling, sleep deprivation, and survive without long-lasting damage. This, strangely, did not bother me so much because it reminded me of how fantasy games work. You are somehow better than the average Joe.

However, as another review pointed out, there are hypocritical distinctions between good and evil. Entreri, the assassin, is distinctly placed on the "evil" side (and is compared to Drizzt's drow kin). Although he is most definitely a villain, to me he seems to be more of someone who enjoys doing what he's good at. How is he different from Drizzt and his friends, who slaughter orcs and tree creatures and gray dwarves without a blink of conscience? (N.B. (view spoiler)

Again, few characters see development. Regis does, as he did in the first book, and Cattie-Brie as well (to some degree). These books are action-driver rather than character driven. This is demonstrated in the (view spoiler). When reading this similar observation in another review, I was nodding my head furiously.

Still, it was a good romp as any, although I am disappointed by the divisions between good/evil and people/monsters. ...more

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Sep 12, 2014 A B rated it liked it · review of another edition

Fun read, but not quite as good as the previous volume. While I enjoyed following the four friends' journey into other areas of the Forgotten Realms, I did miss the Icewind Dale setting. The first book of this trilogy was sort of an ensemble tale. This one is definitely Bruenor's tale which, for the most part, is quite interesting. I like the twist that dwarves live for so long that they often need to resort to magic to help refresh long ago memories and with a character as loveable as Bruenor, ...more

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Dec 11, 2012 James rated it liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Not as great as Icewind Dale #1, but that's OK.

Likes:
- Wulfgar and his appetite (for not only adventure, but food as well/third helping of breakfast)
- Regis and his ruby wokring on locals to get some ponies, and eventually having a meal (since he had only eaten one supper that day) and having to decline the fourth helping, haha!
- Bruenor's warm side, as well as both Drizz't's and his pride in the young warrior Wulfgar.
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Aug 24, 2017 Jacob Moreno rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Streams Of Silver was yet another fantastic read in the Legend Of Drizzt series. The Author, R. A. Salvatore, has done a wonderful job throughout the series of keeping the reader interested and always wanting for more. In this book, however, It was more superbly done than all of the others before it. I am already in the middle of the next book The Halfling's Gem.
As always we have our favorite dark elven stoic Drizzt Do'Urden and friends, but this time they are put on an astounding quest. The q ...more

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Aug 25, 2017 Benjamin Eskola rated it liked it

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Distinct improvement over the first in the trilogy. It's more of a typical quest format than The Crystal Shard was, and so it helps that it doesn't get bogged down in trivial politics. And, while the background to the quest itself is strongly reminiscent of Tolkien (a dwarf whose clan was driven from their home by evil beings, in some sort of cross between Erebor and Moria), the quest itself takes a sufficiently different course to be enjoyable. It no longer feels quite so much like the protagon ...more

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Jun 16, 2017 Ralph Pulner rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Overall, very enjoyable.

-The battle through the Trollmoors is epic stuff. It's the one thing that stood out in memory of past readthroughs.

-The cast of introduced characters will be used heavily throughout the series. Harpell's are a delight and the lady Alustriel and her sisters are also revisited.

-I thought Artemis Entreri is bland and wooden, as far as deadly assassins go. He talks to himself in villain speak and is kind of a tool. I assume his character will also flesh out in future books.

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Apr 06, 2009 Gregory rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This was a real page turner following Bruenor Battlehammer's quest to seek his ancestral home of Mithral Hall. A creepy, skilled assassin breaks into the story and becomes a menacing character with blade skills that rival those of Drizzt. It's definately a "bridge" novel between books 4 and 6 as the story has only a minor conclusion with much to be resolved. The characters are terrific and the adventures are engaging. The fight through the Trolls as described in the book would make some great ci ...more

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About R.A. Salvatore

R.A. Salvatore

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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 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 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 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.

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The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)

The Halfling's Gem (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #6)

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“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.” — 670 likes

“How many people long for that "past, simpler, and better world," I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?” — 216 likes

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