Product Description
The fourth in a series of premiere hardcover editions of Salvatore’s classic dark elf tales.
This new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel continues the classic tale of Salvatore’s signature dark elf character Drizzt Do’Urden™. Although this was the first title actually published about Drizzt, it has now been placed in its proper chronological order as fourth in the series. Each title in the Legend of Drizzt series showcases the classic dark elf novels in new, deluxe hardcover editions. Each title will feature all new cover art and new introductions written by those who have become familiar with Salvatore and Drizzt over the years.
Kevin Hooper @ 12:12 pm
This was the first ever public offering of R. A. Salvatore’s writing ability. It’s no wonder he’s written so many others since! He’s a great author, and this book showcases his writing ability. It’s filled with plot twists & subplots & everything else that makes a story interesting. Anyone who is interested in reading through the Drizzt Do’Urden storyline, I advise reading “The Dark Elf Trilogy” first to get more of a chronological progression in the character’s developement, however, nothing is lost by reading this book first. It’s a great story by a great storyteller.
patrick peralta @ 2:32 pm
I finshed reading the Crystal Shard for the seconed time this year and it was great, I love all the Characters in this series. My favorite is Drizzt, all of them remind me of the Characters from Dragonlance The Companions Tanis/Drizzt,Flint/Bruenor,Riverwind/Wulfgar,Tas:the kinder/Regis, and Tika/Cati-brie. the friendship between Drizzt and Brurenor is like Tanis and Flint and the same goes for Brurenor and Regis, like flint and Tas. altough like the characters from Dragonlance, the charactors from Drizzts and company each have there own identity that make them different.allin all a good story and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
Anonymous @ 4:35 pm
I would have loved this book as a teen, for adults though its a bit marginal. I didn’t think the characters were very interesting, at least not the way they were portrayed. The combat scenes also seemed silly in lots of places, I mean these guys aren’t just fantasy heroes, they are superheroes right up there with superman, the hulk, etc… Don’t get me wrong, I like the superhero genre, I just think its a different genre then fantasy, even high fantasy. It also tends to get old hearing how awesomely unbeatable certain heroes of the book are, then see them get in a fight and yep, sure enough, the bad guys didn’t stand a chance. I normally like to see my heroes challenged a bit more than that. Bottomline, if you are going to read it to see what all the fuss is about and you aren’t a teenage boy then I’d say don’t. Lastly, for those criticizing R.A. for stealing from tolkein, don’t blame him, most of the stuff complained about is hardwired into the AD&D game and forgotten realms setting, which were pretty much based on tolkein’s world in the first place.
Peter French @ 6:49 pm
Salvatore knows how to create truely unique and interesting characters. Drizzt Do’Urden is my favorite by far, his fight agaisnt racial walls is intriguing and its interesting how Salvatore makes Drizzt react to it. The Crystal Shard continues directly after the book Sojourn, in the tundra of Icewind Dale. Drizzt, Wulfgar, Bruenor, and countless leaders and people of Ten-Towns fight in a famous battle that made me read for hours straight, wondering waht would happen next. The pure cunning and trickery in this book is both interesting and humerous, I reccomend this book to any D & D fan, and even those just interested in Fantasy books.
John @ 8:24 pm
I first came upon this novel thinking very little. I expected it to be nothing more than some typical fantasy trash. I just could not stand “The Hobbit” at all, yet I wanted to venture into fantasy, so a friend (who hasn’t read this) referred me to the novel itself. He had mentioned that “Homeland” by Salvatore was better than decent. But still, I was rather skeptical. All in all, this is a tremendously great read.
Adventure Value: 9/10- This book contains numerous battle scenes and heroic combat moments
Romance Rating: 3/10- Wulfgar the Barbarian does do a little hitting on the female protagonist, but nothing more.
Character Development: 7/10- Drizzt, Bruenor, Regis, and Wulfgar are well developed, but there is some slacking on the antagonist: Akar Kessell.
Climax: 8/10- The ending of the read draws to a beautiful close.
Plotline: 6/10- The plotline was thin at random points, though at times it was as thick as molasses…
Creature Feature: 8/10- there are barbarians, goblins, orcs, ogres, giants, and even an ice dragon…it’s well done…
My overall commentation on this book is that it is very good, and I recommend anyone new to the genre read it soon!