Timeless: A Drizzt Novel: Review

Timeless: A Drizzt Novel has recently been released. Salvatore returns with our favorite Dark Elf, after a 2 year break. 

It seems that Salvatore is the only author still writing novels in the forgotten realms universe. The decline in novels is not due to last of interest from the public! Dungeons and Dragons is more popular than ever. 

In this novel, the father of Drizzt, Zaknafein has been resurrected from the dead! 

At first Zaknafein struggles to return to life, as he still harbors some racism towards races other than Dark Elves. Yet Zaknefein is inherently a good character; so he must come around and realize this is wrong. 

We also get to experience a time centuries before, when Zak's life was very controlled by Drizzts mother Malice Do'Urden. 

R.A Salvatore once again, shows off his great ability to express combat situations in writing. 

All-in-all, this was a fantastic novel for any Salvatore fan, or Forgotten Realms Fan. 

Brotherhood of the Griffon by Richard Lee Byers

All 5 novels of the Brotherhood of the Griffon series by Richard Lee Byers is now out. 

Our heroes in the Mercenary company returns. 

After at least party thwarting the evil plans of the Lich Szasst Tam; Aoth and the rest of his company moved on to other realms. 

A Reg Dragon, Tchazzar is rescued from the Shadowfel. The returned Dragon returns to claim the throne of Chessentea. The Brotherhood is soon employed by the Red Dragon King; yet a Red Dragon may not be what you expect from just reading the Monster Manual. 

Evermeet: Island of Elves: Review

 Evermeet: Island of Elves is a must read for a Forgotten Realms fan. 

The novel begins with the origins of the Elves and their gods. The Elven goddess Araushnee betrayed her lover and King of the Elves, Corellon Larethian and started a war. Araushnee eventually lost the war and was cast out of Elven heaven, Arvandor. Araushnee became the twisted evil goddess Lolth.

From this point on in the Novel, we focus on the surface Elves. The dark elves (Drow) follow Lolth into the Underdark, which is covered in other novels, such as those from R.A. Salvatore.

The Island of Evermeet was created by a feat of powerful elves high magic. It is known as the First Sundering. The term is ominous as it did have a terrible side effect of destroying much of Faerun (the main continent) as well. 

The novel continues with the struggles of the Elven Royal family, including the young Prince Lamruil Moonflower until time is caught up to the present day (when published) in the Realms.

This is a fantastic read for any fan of Elves or any Forgotten Realms fan. 

The Haunted Lands by Richard Lee Byers

 The Haunted Lands by Richard Lee Byers is a fantastic 3 Novel series set in the forgotten realms. 

The series delves into the land of Thay and the Red Wizards. The realms are shaken when the Red Wizard of Necromancy Szass Tam vies for dominance.  

Unfortunately for Thay, Szass is very successful in his plot to take over. 

Yet the struggle to prevent a greater tragedy unfolds.

Be prepared for an out of this world experience in an land of the Undead. 

Introduction to Forgotten Realms Books

Forgotten Realms books are set in a shared fantasy universe. There are many authors that write Forgotten Realms novels, who I've found are very talented. I've been able to read many books of authors I've never read before, without fear that I'll be disappointed.

There are many different series within the Forgotten Realms brand of books, who can have stories that can be very unrelated to others. The shared universe setting is comparable books written for a certain time period here in reality. But by reading fantasy books set in a different universe, you can feel glad that your impression of history isn't mixed up by fictional elements ;) The important thing is that the characters personalities seem very human, even when they look somewhat inhuman. The author R.A Salvator seem to do that job very well, which no doubt had elevated him to be a very popular author.

Below is a picture of iconic character from the Forgotten Realms novel "Icewind Dale" by R.A Salvatore, a great novel which started my Forgotten Realms reading obsession.