It's a fascinating and well-done work that ranks among not just the best of D&D fiction but fantasy in general. Struggling to articulate why he does not feel ruthlessness and power-lust are the ways to live, he wishes to find something better but finds no other dark elves who feel like him. In this horrific environment, a young drow boy named Drizzt Do'Urden is born.ĭrizzt is, to turn a phrase, "Not like other drow" and suffers from the pangs of conscience. Setting in the underground city of Menzoberranzan, the dark elf race is a theocratic and sexist fascist state that practices racial supremacy as well as worship of the demon princess Lolth. The Homeland Trilogy is, for me, the best of his works. Review: RA Salvatore is one of the most successful fantasy authors of all time with over fifteen million copies of his books sold. Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world?
As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared-and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be-how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.Īs the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do’Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. Salvatore (Forgotten Realms, The Legend of Drizzt)īlurb: Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Forgotten Realms -Drizzt Do’Urden-in this thrilling first installment in the classic Dungeons & Dragons series, the Dark Elf Trilogyĭrow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters.
There's some other fantastic novels other than these but I don't want to recommend a hundred of them.
These are some of my favorite books from the TSR/WOTC era of novels and what I enjoyed most among them. However, for every awesome work of fantasy, there's going to be five that aren't up to snuff. Aside from The Hobbit when I was a small child, my first real experience was the worn paperbacks I picked up in my school library of Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Ravenloft. I have to admit that Dungeons and Dragons is where I got my start in fantasy.
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