The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)
Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their...
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Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their brutal attack on the villages of Ten-Towns seals their fate, and that of the youn barbarian Wulfgar. Left for dead, Wulfgar is rescued by the dwarf, Bruenor, in exchange for five years of service . . . and friendship. With the help of the dark elf, Drizzt, Bruenor reshapes Wulfgar into a warrior with both brawn and brains.But is Wulfgar strong enough to reunite the barbarian tribes? Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf persuade the people of Ten-Towns to put aside their petty differences in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780880385350 (0880385359)
Publish date: January 1st 1988
Publisher: TSR
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: The Icewind Dale Trilogy -3 omnibus (#1)
This one was actually better than I remembered it.Sure, it's escapist fantasy fiction. The characters are cariacatures... but it's fun... they slay a dragon, have epic battles, magic, sorcery, swordfighting, revenge...totally fun.One thing I was really impressed with is that the prequels were more-o...
I am sort of wondering about this book now because the more I think about it the more I realise that it is just the standard Dungeons and Dragons Forgotten Realms fantasy novel with nothing too deep about it. It was the first of the Drizzt Do'Urden novels (though it is number four in the series) and...
Wow, its been a while since I've read one of these kinds of books ... especially something by R.A. Salvatore, and I must say I wasn't disappointed the slightest.Rich in detail and imagery, full of magic and action, all the basics of a full fledged novel that is set in the famous Dungeons&Dragons Rea...
This series of adaptations of the popular Drizzt series continues to be entertaining. I think the first three so far are still the best, which I wonder if that is the case with the novels as well. As a note of disclosure, I have not read the novels, but I have enjoyed these graphic novels so far. In...