Daughter of the Drow: a novel of the underdark

The UnderdarkBeneath the surface of Faerûn lies a whole different world.A world of drow, deep gnomes, and other denizens of the dark.A world of cities like Menzoberranzan and Skullport, of warriors and rogues like Drizzt Do'Urden and Liriel Baenre and numerous others.Leave the security of the surface world and seek out the darkness that lies below.Welcome to the Realms of the Underdark. I can find no answers in Mithril Hall....The apparent serenity of Drizzt Do'Urden, the brooding quiet, will show me nothing of the future designs of the drow. yet, for the sake of my friends, I must know those dark intentions. And so I fear that there remains only one place for me to look... The Underdark. A place of brooding darkness, where no shadows exist, and where Drizzt Do'Urden does not wish to go. The noble dark elf must return there, though, must go back to find his friends in the gnome city of Blingdenstone, and on to Menzoberranzan, the city of drow. Only then can Drizzt discern what perils might reach out from that dark place to threaten his friends in Mithril Hall. he finds allies where he least expects them and enemies he htough long gone. His scimitars slash at monsters too evil to reside under the sunlight of the surface world, while his inner strength wrestles with the tumult of emotions assaulting the noble drow when he looks once more on his dreaded homeland. All the while Drizzt must fend off the weight of guilt he carries for a dear friend lost to him forever. A new mass market edition of the New York Times best-selling sword and sorcery classic, The Legacy is Drizzt at his scimitar-wielding best!Having found a measure of peace among the dwarves in the reclaimed Mithral Hall, Drizzt begins to know contentment for perhaps the first time in his tumultuous life. But for a dark elf renegade from a city ruled by priestesses of a demon goddess, no peace can long last. It is Lolth herself, the dreaded Queen of the Demonweb Pits, who musters her followers to pour up from the black depths of the Underdark to reclaim for their goddess the one soul that had managed to elude her. The soul of Drizzt Do'Urden.From the Paperback edition. ---------- **This book is in the following series:** - Forgotten Realms - The Legend Of Drizzt | Book 7 - The Legacy of the Drow | Book 1 Return to the City of Spiders!Still reeling from the death of Wulfgar, Drizzt is allowed little time to grieve, for dark elves are massing in the caverns deep under Mithral Hall. To protect his adopted home, he'll have to return to the city of his birth, the evil City of Spiders. Menzoberranzan is one of the most dangerous places in the already perilous Underdark on a good day, but for Drizzt, a renegade with a price on his head, its certain death ever to set foot there again. But Drizzt Do'Urden and his companions have faced certain death before, and will gladly spend their lives for the sake of the dwarves of Mithral Hall.From the Paperback edition. ---------- **This book is in the following series:** - Forgotten Realms - The Legend Of Drizzt | Book 8 - The Legacy of the Drow | Book 2 To rescue a missing noble, one brave man must venture deep into a vast labyrinth created by a crazed wizard—a place from which very few escapeLong ago, a dark wizard created a vast and deadly labyrinth beneath the city of Waterdeep, a labyrinth from which escape is nigh impossible. Now, the subterranean prison is home to creatures both human and otherwise—and to a missing noble who has been lost beneath the ground. Trapped in his own prison, Artek the Knife is offered release if he is able to recover the nobleman from the twisting dungeon beneath Waterdeep. Everyone knows that getting inside the mysterious Undermountain is treacherous—and getting out is assuredly deadly. But for Artek and Beckla, a small time wizard who joins the mission, the risk is worth the reward. SUMMARY: Gromph Baenre has had the child's mother killed. "You are Liriel Baenre, my daughter and a noble", he announced, and then sat back to study the child's reaction. Her expression remained stoic as she repeated her new name. Liriel accepted the situation--yet the rage and frustration of an untamed spirit burned bright in her eyes. This is his daughter, indeed. Science Fiction,fantasy,American fiction,General,Fiction,Fantasy - General,Science Fiction & Fantasy,Fiction - Fantasy,Forgotten realms (Imaginary place),Non-Classifiable,20th Century Gods Walk the Realms!Rising up from the black depths of the Underdark, the drow once more meet the dwarves of Mithral Hall. Bruenor Battlehammer, with Drizzt at his side, won't go down without a fight--but they'll have to fight without Wulfgar or Catti-brie at their sides.From the Paperback edition. ---------- **This book is in the following series:** - Forgotten Realms - The Legend Of Drizzt | Book 9 - The Legacy of the Drow | Book 3 Baenre, die Oberpriesterin der Spinnenknigin Loth, rstet zum Krieg gegen Mithril-Halle. Dort hat der abtrnnige Dunkelelf Drizzt DoUrden Zuflucht bei dem Zwergenknig Bruenor und seiner Adoptivtochter Cattie-brie gefunden. Doch Cattie-brie hat furchtbare Trume, die Magie versagt, Drizzts magischer Panther Guenhwyvar ist dem Tode geweiht. Und die Horden aus der Dunkelelfenstadt Menzoberranzan stehen bereits vor den Toren Mithril-Halles... The Underdark Beneath the surface of Faerun lies a whole different world. A world of drow, deep gnomes, and other denizens of the dark. A world of cities like Menzoberranzan and Skullport, of warriors and rogues like Drizzt Do'Urden and Liriel Baenre and numerous others. Leave the security of the surface world and seek out the darkness that lies below. Welcome to the Realms of the Underdark. Beneath the city of Waterdeep lies a city of another sort, created by a mad wizard in ages past. Its subterranean byways are home to all manner of creatures, human and otherwise. Getting in Undermountain will be the hardest thing he's ever done. Getting out will be impossible. . . To rescue a missing noble, Artek the Knife must venture deep into the Undermountain, a vast and lethal labyrinth created by a crazed wizard, a place that is not only difficult and dangerous to access but nearly impossible to escape. Original. 75,000 first printing. The gods of the Realms are quarreling and stepping over one another in their greedy grabs for power and Lloth, the dark Spider Queen deity, decides to cautiously enter the fray by sending the beast Errtu as her evil emissary to the city of Menzoberranzan I watched the preparations unfolding at Mithril Hall, preparations for war, for, though we, especially Catti-brie, had dealt House Baenre a stinging defeat back in Menzoberranzan, none of us doubted that the dark elves might come our way once more. "Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know that when I die, that which is important will live on. This is my legacy; by the grace of the gods, I am not alone In the sequel to the Dark Elf trilogy, Drizzt Do'Urden braves the perils of the Underdark to return to his birthplace, the subterranean city of Menzoberranzan, to free himself, once and for all time, from the enemies that seek his death In the subterranean city of Menzoberranzan, Drizzt Do'Urden faces his ultimate challenge, as the matron of a powerful ruling house prepares an assault on Mithril Hall and Lloth, the Spider Queen, is unleashed on the metropolis There are a thousand deaths in the Underdark-a thousand different horrors skulking in lightless caverns and lurking deep in still black pools, each waiting to rend unwary flesh with fang, or talon, or caustic venom. The free-spirited elf priestess, Liriel Baenre, is lured from her home on a quest for magical power, but when war erupts, Liriel learns that tremendous responsibility accompanies the privilege of power "The mercenary leaned against the pillar anchoring the wide stairway of Tier Breche, on the northern side of the great cavern that housed Menzoberranzan, the city of drow." Drizzt Do'Urden, hero of the "Dark Elf" trilogy, finds the peace and prosperity of Mithril Hall shattered when his old enemies arrive to exact their revenge "Drizzt Do'Urden walked slowly along a trail in the jutting southernmost spur of the Spine of the World Mountains, the sky brightening around him."