The Orc King.

"Drizzt is back in this exciting new trilogy from 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. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to change the way they see each other."

First in the next Drizzt trilogy. Came out in late Oct. and is now under the tree, unwrapped for me for Xmas. The next 2 follow in Oct '08-'09.

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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -Henry Louis Mencken
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VEGETARIAN -Noun (vej-i-tair-ee-uhn): Ancient tribal slang for the village idiot who can't hunt, fish or ride.

Just finished it. It was good, but I dunno, it didn't do it for me like the previous series have. It just seems like the same old thing over and over. He needs to kill someone important or something.

EDIT: I'd much rather read about what Jarlaxle or Artemis are up to then read about Drizzt fighting random_super_tough_guy_1233 and living.

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

I agree 100%.

The book was good, and kind of repetitive of earlier books, but he did set up some good story lines for further on.

Bring back Jarlaxle and Artemis in their own seies.

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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -Henry Louis Mencken
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VEGETARIAN -Noun (vej-i-tair-ee-uhn): Ancient tribal slang for the village idiot who can't hunt, fish or ride.

I've not yet read The Orc King (waiting till paperback) but I will agree that Servant of the Shard, Promise of the Witch King and Road of the Patriarch were excellent and very much hope to see more.

Has anyone read the War of the Spider Queen series? Was thinking of buying those next but I am concerned they won't live up to Salvatore's own work.

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Kuwen Furyblades
Hunter of Memento Reejeryn
Champion of Faydark

I enjoyed them. I <3 Pharaun Mizzrym.

Kill Drizzt please.

But by this point the character has reached Demigod status, there is honestly no way to kill him.

Going back and reading Legacy of the Drow you actually see that he is vulnerable and a believable hero.

Now, all he does is walk to where the bad guys are and kill them, then feel bad about it for 3 chapters.

I remember the death of Wulfgar, not because it was tragic but because I was glad. I felt he was a worthless character and only stood in the way to further Drizzt having the hots for whats her name and she wanting to knock drow boots with him.

I would rather see more about Jarlaxle also. Maybe more about his pre House Banere days and how he became as powerful as he is.

Uhm, didn't Jarlaxle reveal that he was the child of Matron Baenre, and that's how he afforded such power in Menzoberranzan?

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

Yes.

Which is considerably more interesting of a story than Drizzt going from point A to point B feeling bad about killing ice trolls.

The Servent of the Shard books aren't enough.

How about Cadderly? Those books were really interesting as well. Those dwarves were awesome... Ivan and Pikel I think their names were? I think Pikel was the only druid I've heard of in Salvatore's books.

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

War of the spider queen was a good read.

the cleric quintet rocked, but mostly because that was it, 5 books and nothing more, if they dragged it out longer, it would of ruined all the characters eventually, except it was kinda cool how they brought those two dwarfs over to orc king series though

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Jake Rivers - Senex Legio
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They brought the dwarves to the orc king series because in one of the immediately previous books, Drizzt and company visited Cadderly at Spirit Soaring.

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World of Warcraft: Kallaystra, Gweila, Steakumn, Tarathia [ Feathermoon/Horde ]

that was such a brief visit though, I wonder when he wrote that part if he had already started work on the quintet series

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Jake Rivers - Senex Legio
Get off my Lawn alliance

Pretty sure that was long after the Quintet series was finished, because in the book (Legend of Drizzt series, Passage to Dawn, I think) Cadderly was aged, married to Danica and had children, and of course, Spirit Soaring was built.

From his bibliography:

Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet
1. Canticle (1991)
2. In Sylvan Shadows (1992)
3. Night Masks (1992)
4. The Fallen Fortress (1993)
5. The Chaos Curse (1994)
The Cleric Quintet (omnibus) (1999)
The Cleric Quintet Colector's Edition (omnibus) (2002)

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If you google hard enough, anything can be found I think:

R.A. Salvatore-Cadderly & the Cleric Quintet
Canticle R.A. Salvatore 1991 1361 1361 Cleric Quintet Book I
In Sylvan Shadows R.A. Salvatore 1992 1361 1361 Cleric Quintet Book II
Night Masks R.A. Salvatore 1992 1361 1361 Cleric Quintet Book III
The Fallen Fortress R.A. Salvatore 1993 1361 1362 Cleric Quintet Book IV
The Chaos Curse R.A. Salvatore 1994 1362 1362 Cleric Quintet Book V
The Silent Blade R.A. Salvatore 1998 1364 1364 Cameo Appearance of Cadderly

R.A. Salvatore-Heroes of Icewind Dale (Drizzt Do'Urden & Co.)
"Gwenhwyvar" R.A. Salvatore 1995 253 253 Realms of Magic Story II
"The First Notch" R.A. Salvatore 1990 1100s 1100s DRAGON #152; Early tale of Bruenor
Homeland R.A. Salvatore 1990 1297 1328 Drizzt Book IV
Exile R.A. Salvatore 1990 1338 1340 Drizzt Book V
Sojourn R.A. Salvatore 1991 1340 1347 Drizzt Book VI
"The Third Level" R.A. Salvatore 1994 ? ? Realms of Infamy; Artemis story
The Crystal Shard R.A. Salvatore 1988 1351 1356 Drizzt Book I
Streams of Silver R.A. Salvatore 1989 1356 1356 Drizzt Book II
The Halfling's Gem R.A. Salvatore 1990 1356 1357 Drizzt Book III
The Legacy R.A. Salvatore 1992 1357 1357 Drizzt Book VII
"Dark Mirror" R.A. Salvatore 1993 1357 1357 Realms of Valor Story XI
Starless Night R.A. Salvatore 1993 1357 1357 Drizzt Book VIII
Siege of Darkness R.A. Salvatore 1994 1358 1358 Drizzt Book IX
Passage to Dawn R.A. Salvatore 1996 1364 1364 Drizzt Book X
The Silent Blade R.A. Salvatore 1998 1364 1364 Drizzt Book XI
The Spine of the World R.A. Salvatore 1999 1365 1366 Drizzt Book XII
Servant of the Shard R.A. Salvatore 2000 1366 1366 Drizzt Book XII

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Jake Rivers - Senex Legio
Get off my Lawn alliance