Daughter of the Drow (Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows, #1)
As beautiful as she is deadly, Liriel Baenre flits through the shadows of Menzoberranzan, city of the dark elves. Amid the treachery and murder that are the drow’s daily fare, she feels something calling to her . . . something beyond this dusky world far removed from the sun. Yet as she ventures...
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As beautiful as she is deadly, Liriel Baenre flits through the shadows of Menzoberranzan, city of the dark elves. Amid the treachery and murder that are the drow’s daily fare, she feels something calling to her . . . something beyond this dusky world far removed from the sun. Yet as she ventures toward the surface and the lands of light, enemies pursue her unceasingly. And one of those enemies may offer the only hope of salvation.“I have been a fan of Elaine Cunningham’s since I read Elfshadow because of her lyrical writing style” –R.A. Salvatore, New York Times best-selling author of Gauntlgrym
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780786960194 (0786960191)
Publish date: August 23rd 2011
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Epic Fantasy,
Literature,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
American,
Games,
Role Playing Games,
Dungeons And Dragons,
Forgotten Realms
Series: Forgotten Realms
Hmmm.... 3.5 stars.I had imagined this one differently. Yet its nothing like the other ones I've read -- basically being R.A. Salvatore in this central universe of the Dungeons&Dragons. Still its a story nevertheless. It's characters are definitely interesting enough. However I was kind of missing...
I read this book after War of the Spider Queen and The Lady Penitent series at the encouragement of my partner. I felt very distanced from the Drow in most of the War of the Spider Queen books and felt that, in part, it was because of the lack of female perspective on the matriarchy.In short, I grea...
I haven't read the last volume in this series yet, but I liked the first two quite a bit. Stylistically, these books are above-average, and I think the female protagonist in particular is well-rounded and developed. Plus, there's lots of neatly woven-in information about the drow, everyone's favor...
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