Product Description
At long last! A collected box set edition of Homeland, Exile and Sojourn featuring one of the most popular characters in fantasy fiction! Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the Drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do’Urden. The young prince of a royal house, Drizzt grows to maturity in the vile world of his dark kin. Possessing honor beyond the scope of his unprincipled society, young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma. Can he live in a world that rejects integrity?
Michael Goldrich @ 2:58 pm
The Icewind Dale comics were at a local comic book store and, when I did some checking, I saw the original Dark Elf Trilogy was already done. I picked these up and read them in about a day. I have been a reader of R.A. Salvatore’s for years and these are extremely true to the books. Some of the side adventures are cut, reasonably so due to space constraints, but the story is solid and there is nothing lacking.
I plan to purchase the Icewind Dale series when it is completed.
M. Laura Blasco @ 5:17 pm
El dibujo es mucho mejor de lo que esperaba y la historia es muy fiel a la original. La caja donde vienen los tres tomos es preciosa. Si te gusta el Elfo Oscuro esta es una edicion de lujo muy bien hecha.
Daniel K. Allen @ 7:50 pm
Originally published in 1990, R.A. Salvatore’s Dark Elf Trilogy set in the Forgotten Realms shone like a beacon in the fantasy genre. It was, and still is, comparable to Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings and Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman’s Dragon Lance series and – like those – is still being sold in nearly every major bookstore today.
Then, in 2005, Devil’s Due Publishing (traditionally known for their G.I. Joe and Transformers comics) began releasing a comic adaptation of the story with a script by Andrew Dabb and wonderfully detailed pencils by Tim Seeley.
Naturally the full plot of the novels can’t be fit into three trade paperbacks, but all of the essentials are still there. We can see the development, decline and eventual resolution of the relationship between Drizzt Do’Urden and his father Zaknafein and, most importantly, the bond between Drizzt and the ever-faithful Guenhwyvar, his panther companion from the astral plane.
Drizzt was born in the underdark beneath the ground in the drow city of Menzoberranzan, a city run by the female priests of the dark spider goddess Lolth who relishes only evil and treachery. Brought up in a society so far detached from our own we would die within a day even if not for our pale skin, Drizzt is raised to be a ruthless and cunning killer.
But Drizzt is born different from his kin and kind. He possesses an unimpeachable sense of honor despised by the spider queen who seeks only his death to “appease” for the good he has done, such as saving the life of a surface dweller in a drow raid aboveground.
Rather than face certain death at the hands of his own family in order to restore their honor, Drizzt ventures out into the underdark with only Guenhwyvar at his side. But for the most reviled of the intelligent races in the realms it will be difficult to survive in the most dangerous corridors of the underdark. Thus must Drizzt journey to the surface to face a world unknown to any drow before him.
The artwork in these comics is just astounding. Although much of the action takes place in the bleak environs of the underdark, the art remains colorful and vivid. Never have I wanted to visit a place so dangerous. The action is well wrought and never leaves you with a sense of confusion despite the numerous fights between Drizzt, who expertly wields two scimitars in battle, and the numerous horrors of the underdark and surface.
Despite lacking the complexity and depth of the original novels, this is a series well worth adding to your collection.
Benjamin Hughes @ 8:12 pm
R. A. Salvatore is one of the finest modern fantasy authors of our time. He obviously has a lot of influence from Tolkien, but who doesn’t? This is a story of where his main character, Drizzt Do’Urden, came from and how he came across Guenwyhvar, his panther companion from the astral plane. It is a very dark series, and gives a very good introduction to the Crystal Shard, which comes after this in a timeline.
If you were a fan of the book you will definitely enjoy this. A comic book adaptation of such a great story is a terrific idea. You can read it in a fraction of the time it takes to read a whole novel, and you get pictures to ooh and aah over. Highly recommended for any fan of fantasy comic books.
Tom E. Green @ 10:06 pm
The art is incredible the story is great and there is just the right amount of action to remind you that this is the sword and sorcery genre at its best. If you haven’t read the novels, don’t worry these stand on their own as concise tellings of the Drizzt legend. If you like Dungeons and Dragons you will be pleased with this product.