The Thousand Orcs (Forgotten Realms: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Book 1)

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Summary: This is what reading all of the other trilogies come to!
Review: This book is what it all comes down to. After you read up on the history of Drizzt Do'Urden and follow him through all of his perilous adventures this is finally what makes it all seem so small compared to how great this trilogy is and will be. Now I have to admit how i read the books was rather messed up because I did not get it. I thought that The Thousand Orcs looked cool so I decided to read it and I found out very quickly that I read the newest books and I needed to read the older and other books with Drizzt Do'Urden so i went back and read the Dark Elf trilogy and now i am reading the Icewind Dale trilogy and I am almost done with that. But i could imagine what it is like to have the reward of reading these books after a person has read all of the others. From beginning to end I smelled a good author with his introduction and the crouch before the pounce as the band of friends go and attack the nearby orc encampment. With R.A. Salvatore's way of making you just about as nervous as you can get knowing that in the end that something dreadful is going to happen to Drizzt and his friends after u read the back of The Lone Drow. This is another must read by Salvtore but first i would say that u should go back and read all the other books that lead up to this and at least Icewind Dale and Dark Elf because they are very important inserts to help this book and this trilogy make sense.

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Summary: Drizzit contiues on what he does best
Review: R.A.Salvator does it again in this book. Like the ealier Drizzit books he adds plot twists throw in characters from his other series and linkng them together in the Forgotten Realms.
A quick ut suspensful read...I'd recomend it to anyone.

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Summary: What others may have missed
Review: I have been reading other reviews of this book recently, and I am slightly at a loss. I have read this and the The Lone Drow, as well as every other Drizzt novel. I will focus mainly on the negative reviews I've seen, as well as a few of my own thoughts. I noticed that many of the more negative reviews seems directed toward the "lack of dazzling swordplay." Perhaps these people are correct, in that Drizzt doesn't have a highly skilled opponent in this first installment. But should that take away from the excitement of the read? No, and it doesn't. There is still action aplenty for those who enjoy a good battle. Just because we don't see the skills of an Artemis Entreri or Dantrag, doesn't mean the book is not a wonderful read. In fact, many of the dark elf books don't feature this type of battle, two highly skilled opponents in a duel to the death. The action is still fast paced and fans of the genre as well as newcomers will find something special.
I would also like to comment on some peoples thoughts that the intermitent personal thoughts of Drizzt somehow slow the story or take away from it. From the first time I read this book, I thought of R.A. Salvatore as a philosipher, with a deep understanding of the human spirit. I have been told by many friends that Drizzts feelings mirrored their own, and Mr Salvatore has not fallen off his game with this book. His feelings of isolation, even among friends can mirror our own. When we were deployed for nine months to Afhganistan with the US army, some of us carried Drizzts words with us. Salvatore gave us hope and strength when it was hard to come by.
I think that some reviewers of this book need to look deeper that the words before them and search themselves for the story here. This is an excellent read and I would recommend this and any other book by one of the masters of the genre