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Title: Dissolution (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 1) by Richard Lee Byers ISBN: 0-7869-2944-8 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (37 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A look into the world of the Drow
Comment: Richard Lee Byers picks up where R.A Salvatore left off and has possibly improved the world of the dark elves. Menzoberranzan is the subterranean city of the dark elf and a place where you can find death at any turn. We have come, from Salvatore's previous books touching this world, to know the dark elves as backstabbing and ruthless to the point of family members scheming against each other if power or position is at stake. This book will allow you to see further into the world of the feared dark elf/ Drow and how they will react when their world is threatened. Will they be able to put aside their plots and plans to defend their city, their very culture? You will have to read the book to find out.
I also recommend The Price of Immortality, a book I recently came across and very much enjoyed!
Rating: 5
Summary: PHAURON HAS GOT ME UNDER HIS SPELL
Comment: I will admit that I know Mr. Byers personally and don't want to abuse AMAZON's policies in reviewing his book but I don't write reviews of ANYONE's books unless I truly do think they merit my endorsement. I was a speech and English major in college and I had to read way too much boring stuff and now I never waste my time on anything that does not truly grab me.
That being said, I really enjoyed DISSOLUTION. What I'd like to stress is that you don't have to be familiar with R.A. Salvatore's world of the Drow elves to know what's going on in this book. It is the introductory book of a six book series and it will leave you wanting to know what happens next when you get to its end but you won't be lost if you never read any of Mr. Salvatore's books.
The main character and his swordmaster sidekick are very well defined. Even though nobody in this tale is actually a nice person, you find yourself being on Phauron's side and wanting to see this rogue come out on top, which, at least some of the time, he does. He has a personality that I've been told is uncharacteristic of most Drow in that he has a wit and humor not usually associated with them. That does much to set him apart and to make him an engaging anit-hero.
The world is well depicted and you can easily visualize it's dark eeriness from the writing. It's a world that is rife with deception and intrigue. It made me think of some of the Elizabethan age books I've read or of some of the more sinister plots that abound in the history of the Italian Renaissance.
It's a fun book and now I am anxious to see what the other authors who are writing books in this series do with Phauron and "friends."
Rating: 1
Summary: All Smoke and Mirrors
Comment: I was so disappointed with this book I just trashed it when I finished it. No redeeming qualities - no role models...no light in the darkness. Just one bag of tricks after another, hack and slash.
I loved the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Icewind Dale Trilogy - this book was a waste of my time.
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Title: Condemnation (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 3) by Richard Baker ISBN: 0786928247 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Book 1) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786929804 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 13 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Lone Drow (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Book 2) by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786930128 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Sea of Swords by R. A. Salvatore ISBN: 0786927720 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 19 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Extinction (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 4) by Lisa Smedman ISBN: 0786929898 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 28 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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