Lone Drow: Hunters Blades Trilogy (Forgotten Realms)

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Summary: The Beginning of Transformation
Review: The Lone Drow is a perfect follow-up for The Thousand Orcs. The Thousand Orcs left Drizzt believing he lost all his companions and friends except for his magical panther.He channels all his personal grief, anger and guilt into revenge and the hunt for his enemies.
I read Book 2 of The Hunter's Trilogy in less time than the first book. I simply had a lot of trouble putting it down. Not to detract from the first book of the trilogy, because it set up Book 2 perfectly.
The Lone Drow worked well for me on 2 fronts. First, the story is non-stop. As I said, it was very difficult to set aside. I was always trying to squeeze in a few more pages. Second, Drizzt has returned to a state he hasn't been this fully in since he left the underground. This I believe is the first step of a personal understanding and transformation.
Another plus for me is the presence of other Drow Elves, evil of course, and they must be destroyed, or so we hope.
Always behind in my reading, I don't know when I will get to Book 3, The Two Swords, but you can bet it will be sooner rather than later, and I am already looking forward to it.


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Summary: Salvatore Vs WotC
Review: The problem i am seeing with alot of reviews is that people dont understand the relationship an author has with a publisher. You see, there is this thing called a contract, and you CANT violate it. I enjoy reading about D's exploits through the realms, and i enjoy his character development, as well as that of the Companions. Some plots lines do get stale, its a fact of life. But authors HAVE to fulfill their contracts. When told that Chewwy had to die (and in a rather lame fashion i might add), Salvatore stood up and said NO, and dropped a moon on him instead. That in and of itself makes me like the man. Does Drizzit or one of the companions need to die? Problably. It would lend more realism to the series, and make for more depth. Salvatore tried it with Wulfgar (who doesnt really add much to the series anyway) and was over ruled by WotC (AKA Satan's Publishing). So whos to say that they wouldnt do it again? you can only resurrect so many characters before people just throw the book down and never pick it/them up again. Which would be the death of a career for a writer. What you have to understand is that some stories are for the sake of the character, not the reader (Godfather III for instance). Some people cant read or watch something if there aren't explosions every five minutes, but thats there problem. Bottom line, if you can enjoy stories for the sake of the characters then you will like this book. Its not his best, but it is worth reading all the same. We cant all make Mona Lisas everytime we pick up the brush, or they wouldnt stand out in the first place.

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Summary: Amazing book
Review: This book was amazing, filled with action adventure and twists and turns that I never thought I would have seen. I can't wait for the next one in the series out in October. With in this tale you actually feel for this creature, and it is written that if you close your eyes you could actually feel like your there. It's been a while since I found an author that can write fantasy as well as P. Anthony and RA Salvatore is it.