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VOLUME ONE
THE BLACK TALON
Among the ogres, where every ritual demands blood and every ally can become a deadly foe, Golgren seeks whatever advantage he can obtain, even if it means a possible alliance with the Knights of Solamnia, a questionable pact with a mysterious wizard, and trusting an elven slave who might wish him dead.
VOLUME TWO
THE FIRE ROSE
Attacked by enemies on all sides, Golgren must abandon his throne to undertake the quest for the Fire Rose before Safrag, master of the Ogre Titans can locate it and claim supremacy over all ogres—and perhaps all of Krynn.
December 2008
VOLUME THREE
THE GARGOYLE KING
Forced from the throne he has so long coveted, Golgren makes a final stand for control of the ogre lands against the Titans…against an enemy as ancient and powerful as a god.
December 2009
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R.A. SALVATORE
R.A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959. 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 received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. 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 he is still best known as the creator of the dark elf Drizzt, one of fantasy’s most beloved characters.
His novel The Silent Blade won the Origins Award, and in the fall of 1997, his letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers were donated to the R.A. Salvatore Library at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
FORGOTTEN REALMS, WIZARDS OF THE COAST, and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., in the U.S.A. and other countries. © 2008 Wizards.
R.A. SALVATORE
TRANSITIONS
The Orc King
The Pirate King October 2008
The Ghost King October 2009
THE LEGEND OF DRIZZT
Homeland
Exile
Sojourn
The Crystal Shard
Streams of Silver
The Halfling’s Gem
The Legacy
Starless Night
Siege of Darkness
Passage to Dawn
The Silent Blade
The Spine of the World
Sea of Swords
THE HUNTER’S BLADES TRILOGY
The Thousand Orcs
The Lone Drow
The Two Swords
THE SELL SWORDS
Servant of the Shard
Promise of the Witch-King
Road of the Patriarch
THE CLERIC QUINTET
Canticle
In Sylvan Shadows
Night Masks
The Fallen Fortress
The Chaos Curse
A KINGDOM OF ORCS THAT WILL CHANGE THE MAP OF FAERÛN FOREVER!
“R.A. Salvatore is the best descriptive writer ever for fantasy battle scenes. No one writes them better than he.”
—Conan Tigard, Reading Review
“By the end of The Orc King, the possibilities are almost endless, and Salvatore’s message is clear—(change) can be terrifying, painful, glorious, and heartrending, but it is also inevitable, and it is coming to Drizzt’s corner of the FORGOTTEN REALMS® (world).”
—David Craddock, Fantasy Book Critic
(fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com)
“The Orc King finds Drizzt’s whirling scimitar blades tackling both familiar foes and refreshingly ambiguous moral challenges…The story line marks the continuation of Salvatore’s maturation as a writer, introducing more complex themes into a frequently black-and-white fantasy landscape.”
—Kirkus
THE ORC KING
Transitions, Book I
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