R. A. Salvatore, Author Ace Books $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-441-90872-1
Napping after a dreary day in his dead-end job, Gary Leger wakes to find he has been kidnapped into ``the world of the Faerie.'' Mickey McMickey, a leprechaun, has brought him to join the quest of Kelsey Gil-Ravadry, an elf who hopes that by...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Del Rey Books $25 (464p) ISBN 978-0-345-39153-7
This extension (after The Demon Spirit) of the adventures of ranger Elbryan and his lover, Pony, may be Salvatore's strongest fantasy to date. Aided by his friends, the elf Juraviel and the sly centaur Bradwarden, Elbryan fights valiantly for the...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Warner Books $18.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-446-51727-0
The battle to free Eriador from the grip of the tyrannical Wizard-King Greensparrow continues in this fitfully rousing sequel to The Sword of Bedwyr. Although the humans, elves and dwarves led by young Luthien Bedwyr, The Crimson Shadow, have...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Warner Books $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-446-51728-7
Plenty of sound and fury but precious little fire rumbles in the belly of Salvatore's pseudo-Tolkien conclusion to the Crimson Shadow trilogy. Here, Avon's foppish evil wizard-king, Greensparrow, and his dragon alter ego provoke Eriador's wizard-king
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Del Rey Books $24 (515p) ISBN 978-0-345-39149-0
For his 16th novel, bestselling fantasist Salvatore (The Legacy) finds a new publisher and launches what promises to be a vigorous new fantasy adventure series. Humanity shares the peaceful land of Corona with the usual variety of enchanted races....
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Del Rey Books $25.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-345-43039-7
This hefty fantasy by bestselling author Salvatore (The Witch's Daughter), which launches a new Demon Wars saga, finds the beautiful and powerful gemstone-mage, Pony, grieving for her lost husband, Elbryan. She also faces a major decision: to become
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Aspect $28 (256p) ISBN 978-0-446-51726-3
Bestselling Salvatore (Starless Night) returns with a pleasant fantasy novel, notable mainly for its attention to detail. Salvatore describes and choreographs battle scenes better than any other contemporary fantasist, as this first tale of the...
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R.A. Salvatore. Tor, $25.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-7653-9527-6
Lackluster worldbuilding, characters, and prose are major minuses in the first volume of Salvatore’s latest fantasy series set in the DemonWars Saga universe. No knowledge of prior books is necessary to follow the story, but only readers who already
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R.A. Salvatore. Harper Voyager, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-268859-0
This highly anticipated trilogy launch from Salvatore, a prequel to his Forgotten Realms epic fantasy novels starring dark elf Drizzt do’Urden, is a deeply immersive tale of politics and war. In 1018 by the Dalereckoning calendar, Jarlaxle, a...
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R.A. Salvatore. Harper Voyager, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-268863-7
Salvatore’s rip-roaring sequel to Timeless turns away from politics in favor of battles among the clans of insular, underground-dwelling dark elves called drow. Beginning in 1118 of the Dalereckoning calendar, a rivalry involving warrior Zaknafein,...
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R.A .Salvatore. Harper Voyager, $28.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-268867-5
The exhilarating conclusion to Salvatore’s Generations trilogy (after Boundless) illustrates the power of family, both born and chosen. When dark elf Zaknafein Do’Urden, weapon master of House Do’Urden, becomes a father, he’s determined to keep his...
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R.A. Salvatore. Harper Voyager, $27.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-06-302977-4
Salvatore returns to the world of the Drizzt: Generations series with the enjoyable epic fantasy that launches his Way of the Drow series, set almost two years after the defeat of demon hordes left the northern Sword Coast at peace. This respite...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Wizards of the Coast $25.95 (348p) ISBN 978-0-7869-1898-0
Elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden and his gifted warriors go in search of a missing member of their own band in this latest fast-moving fantasy adventure from bestseller Salvatore (Servant of the Shard, etc.). In the previous episode of the Paths of...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Del Rey $26.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-345-43041-0
Following 2001's Ascendance, bestseller Salvatore continues his Second DemonWars Saga with a thoughtful look at the making of a war leader. Brynn Dharielle, elf-trained ranger and onetime schoolmate of Aydrian Wyndon, seeks to liberate her...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Wizards of the Coast $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7869-2804-0
Drow Elf Drizzt Do'Urden and friends return for another rousing tale of derring-do and harrowing escapes, the first volume of a new trilogy in Salvatore's bestselling Forgotten Realms series. Catastrophe is about to strike, and Drizzt and...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Del Rey $26.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-345-44122-5
Bestseller Salvatore brings his second DemonWars Trilogy to a credible if predictable conclusion, shifting from Behren, a land rocked by religious crises and internal warfare in the previous volume (2002's Transcendence), to the neighboring...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Wizards of the Coast $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7869-3012-8
At the start of bestseller Salvatore's second book in his Tolkienesque fantasy trilogy (after 2002's The Thousand Orcs), hordes of orcs, led by cruel King Obould Many-Arrows, sweep down mechanically and unexcitingly on beleaguered dwarves....
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . CDS $25.95 (372p) ISBN 978-1-59315-016-7
Bestseller Salvatore (The Lone Drow
, etc.) returns to the world of Corona with this serviceable, swift-moving tale of sword and sorcery filled with workmanlike scenes of persecution, last-minute rescues and obligatory romances. Long before the...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Wizards of the Coast $27.95 (345p) ISBN 978-0-7869-3823-0
Jarlaxle Baenre, the drow elf, is once again on the trail to rollicking adventure in bestseller Salvatore's follow-up to Servant of the Shard
(2000). At the behest of the dragon sisters Ilnezhara and Tazmikella, Jarlaxle and his assassin...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Wizards of the Coast $27.95 (346p) ISBN 978-0-7869-4340-1
Celebrating his 20th year as one of Salvatore's most popular Forgotten Realm
s characters, dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden whirls into action in this first installment of a new trilogy. As the Year of Wild Magic arrives in the Silver Marches,...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Tor $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1789-6
This ensemble-driven follow-up to 2004's The Highwayman
finds bestseller Salvatore liberally borrowing themes and character types from his earlier novels. As in the Cleric Quintet, a disaffected monk (Cormack) contemplates higher wisdom and draws...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author . Tor $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1790-2
This middling follow-up to 2008's The Ancient
plods through a familiar fantasy quest formula. With the land of Honce torn between clashing lairds, Bransen Garibond and his five human and dwarf companions have brought the head of the evil...
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Fans of bestseller Salvatore (The Demon Awakens, etc.) will welcome the chance to follow favorite characters through yet another epic saga of good versus evil in this start to a new trilogy, in which good-hearted Jilseponie "Pony" Wyndon and
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R. A. Salvatore, Author Wizards of the Coast $27.95 (346p) ISBN 978-0-7869-4075-2
After aiding King Gareth Dragonsbane by heroically defeating the Witch-King in bestseller Salvatore's Promise of the Witch-King (2005), the human assassin Artemis Entreri and his elven partner in vengeance, Jarlaxle Baenre, face challenges from the...
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R.A. Salvatore, Tor, $7.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 9780765317919
This final installment in the Saga of the First King series brings readers back to Honce, Salvatore's heroic fantasy locale. The war between wily old Laird Ethelbert and sadistic young King Yeslnik rages on with almost too many characters for...
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R.A. Salvatore and Erika Lewis. HarperTeen, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-291566-5
Monsters called draignochs terrorized the four lands until King Umbert nearly eradicated them. Now, the only draignochs most folks see are bred in captivity and killed for sport by men aspiring to be Umbert’s champion. Winning the title last year...
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R. A. Salvatore, Author, Jonathan Davis, Read by , read by Jonathan Davis. Random House Audio $39.95 (, unabridged, six cassettes, 10.5 hrs., $39.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-553-71473-9
"Clouded is the force, troubling it is." Beginning with the familiar strains of the Star Wars theme, this production of Salvatore's epic tale is executed wonderfully. Punctuated with sound effects and bursts of John Williams's music,
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