Rise of the King: The Legend of Drizzt

R.A. Salvatore

Sep 2014 · The Legend of Drizzt Book 29 · Wizards of the Coast

About this ebook

In the chaotic aftermath of the Sundering, the orcs of Many-Arrows reignite their bloody feud with Bruenor Battlehammer
 
Having escaped Gauntlgrym, the Companions of the Hall are united in body and spirt—but not in ideals. As the Darkening casts its shadows upon the northern cities of the Shining White, portending war, the past rears its angry head. Old debts insist on payment and old wrongs demand to be set right. The bloody dwarf-orc feud reignites with disastrous consequences.
 
When drow Quenthel Baenre urges the orcs into war, a new and bloodthirsty king takes the throne of Many-Arrows. The savage orc hordes gather under his command, bringing an end to the decades of peace in the North. Dwarf steel meets ancient enemies, painting the Spine of the World in red.
 
In the middle of this chaos, the Companions march onwards—to rescue Pwent from his vampiric curse and to reclaim Bruenor’s throne; to combat the treachery of the black-souled drow and to defeat the orcs. As the world repeats a deadly cycle of violence and hate, Drizzt Do’Urden is forced into a fight for his life, his loved ones, and his very soul.
 
Rise of the King is the second book in the Companions Codex and the twenty-ninth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Ratings and reviews

These last two codex books are the reason I fell in love the series and characters when Salvatore first created them. Just a great read and the onlu thing bad about it is now I've gotta wait for the next book.. Cannot wait. Just buy the books you won't be sorry!

I don't think that enough was accomplished in this book. The plot didn't advance as far as I would have hoped. Witch leads me to believe that the next in the series will jumble too much together, or lack in the depth that I want in this story line.

first off this book is way too short to be charging $9 for an e-format, i feel violated. second, i hate to say it but salvatore is getting lazy in his story telling and the end of this and the last 3 books felt rushed. these books have always been formulaic (i have read them all), enjoyably so, but now the formula fails to produce a compelling story. i am going to read the next one of course, but i would like very much for this series to end. for good. also, wtf is this so expensive?

About the author

R.A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959. He is the New York Times–bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the popular Forgotten Realms series, The Legend of Drizzt. His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computer science to journalism. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic.

His first published novel was The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, and his novel The Silent Bladewon the Origins Award. He is still best known as the creator of dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden, one of fantasy’s most beloved characters.