The Orc King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 1) |
R.A. Salvatore
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| Published by | Wizards of the Coast |
| Release date | 2007-09-25 |
| ISBN | 0786943408 |
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Drizzt is back in this exciting new trilogy from R.A. Salvatore!
An uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows can't last long. The orc tribes united under Obould begin to fight each other, and Bruenor is determined to finish the war that nearly killed him and almost destroyed everything he's worked to build. But it will take more than swords and axes to bring a lasting peace to the Spine of the World. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to change the way they see each other. They may have to start to talk. But it won't be easy.
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A new balance achieved
I believe that this book is the result of many different years in writing and the authors growth and an inflection of his inner beliefs. Having been a long time fan of Mr Salvatore from the early drizzt series and to the demon wars. I'm delightfully content at how his new books are developing. There is a good mixture of both character developement and a new 'battle' that supercedes swordsplay. I see the inner turmoil and constant struggle between what is good and wrong to be pressingly important that reflects our daily lives. The excerpts from drizzt inner thoughts also is a nice touch to essentuiate that point.
What happened to Drizzt's swordplay?
At the moment I am re-reading the entire series and am now in the middle of Legacy. While reading Exile I realized what was missing from The Orc King, along with the entire Hunter's Blade Trilogy, and that is the magnificent swordplay of our favorite dark elf. In the first 8 or so books Drizzt was unequalled, save for Artemis Entreri, and could kill pretty much any adversary within seconds. In the last four books his fights go on forever. I mean, his fight with Obould? Are you kidding me? He's fought much tougher monsters than Obould and it didn't take him 9 pages to have a draw. Bob Salvatore is certainly my favorite writer, but he seriously needs to take a look into the past and see why we all love Drizzt in the first place, because we wish that we could fight like him. I hope the next book in the series features that graceful "dance of death" that we read about before.
Such a great series
hightly recommend...as always great depth and thought provacation by Salvator in his story line. If you liked his previous this one adds to the rich story line and moves you in a very unexpected direction.
The end is coming
It doesn't take long to realize that things will never be the same in the lives of Drizz't and his companions. The story is told in 2 time periods: one follows directly after the previous trilogy and the other is...some years in the future. It isn't made completely clear in this book what happened to the other characters besides Drizz't or where they are in the future time period so I am hoping that the next book resolves this better.
In any case, this is an excellent read and if you like these characters or if you like Salvatore, you should pick this up.
Pretty good
A good read overall. Salvatore has at this point mastered a good balance between action and character development. What makes this one different than the numerous previous novels is that starts at some point in the future and alludes to many things that have not yet come to pass. On its own its ok but I'm anticipating the next two books to see where this all goes.
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