Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (Companions Codex, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #27)

R.A. Salvatore�s New York Times best-selling tale of the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden continues immediately on the heels of Rise of the King, with an expanding war and greater danger to the finally-reunited Companions of the Hall. Bloody war rages across the Forgotten Realms world in the third book of the Companions Codex, the latest series in R.A. Salvatore�s New York Times best-selling saga of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. In the evolving world of the Forgotten Realms setting, the Sundering has given way to months of cloud-cloaked darkness, and war rages under that oppressive sky. The orcs have broken a hard-fought treaty that's held, however tentatively, for a hundred years, and the time to settle old scores has devolved into an all-out brawl for control of the ancient realms of the North. The War of the Silver Marches rages across the Forgotten Realms in this unforgettable final episode in the Companions Codex #160; The reunited Companions of the Hall are separated once morethrown to the far corners of a war thats bigger than any of them realized. They fight for the safety of Mithral Hall, but its their own souls, and the soul of Faern itself, that truly hangs in the balance. #160; In the dreaded depths of the Underdark, Regis and Wulfgar seek shelter in the fabled Silverymoon, from which they can launch a series of daring new raids. The rest of the Companions reside at the besieged Mithral Hall, where new friends arrive on a mission of mercyif such an emotion can rest in the heart of a dragon. #160; Meanwhile, the orc warlord Hartusk turns his savage horde on Everlund, one of the great cities of the Silver Marches. Though it stretches his forces thin, its a move that could help him achieve his goal of becoming the master of the North. But Hartusks treacherous drow allies have a different goal. They want nothing except the death of Drizzt DoUrdeneven if it comes at the cost of human, dwarf, elf, and orc lives. #160; The world is cloaked in darkness and blood runs in rivers across the North; orc hordes rage on and cities fall under brutal siege; old friendships are tested and new alliances are forged. But in the end, it may come down to a single dark elf choosing life over death, forgiveness over vengeance, law over chaos . . . peace over war. #160; Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf is the third book in the Companions#160;Codex#160;and the thirtieth book in the Legend of#160;Drizzt#160;series The War of the Silver Marches rages across the Forgotten Realms in this unforgettable final episode in the Companions Codex The reunited Companions of the Hall are separated once more—thrown to the far corners of a war that’s bigger than any of them realized. They fight for the safety of Mithral Hall, but it’s their own souls, and the soul of Faerûn itself, that truly hangs in the balance. In the dreaded depths of the Underdark, Regis and Wulfgar seek shelter in the fabled Silverymoon, from which they can launch a series of daring new raids. The rest of the Companions reside at the besieged Mithral Hall, where new friends arrive on a mission of mercy—if such an emotion can rest in the heart of a dragon. Meanwhile, the orc warlord Hartusk turns his savage horde on Everlund, one of the great cities of the Silver Marches. Though it stretches his forces thin, it’s a move that could help him achieve his goal of becoming the master of the North. But Hartusk’s treacherous drow allies have a different goal. They want nothing except the death of Drizzt Do’Urden—even if it comes at the cost of human, dwarf, elf, and orc lives. The world is cloaked in darkness and blood runs in rivers across the North; orc hordes rage on and cities fall under brutal siege; old friendships are tested and new alliances are forged. But in the end, it may come down to a single dark elf choosing life over death, forgiveness over vengeance, law over chaos . . . peace over war. Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf is the third book in the Companions Codex and the thirtieth book in the Legend of Drizzt series. Continues the adventures of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden against a backdrop of a brutal war that expands throughout the Forgotten Realms. The companions talents grow through this tale of battle and war, questions of morality are asked and the survival of the silver marches is at stake. Characters everyone knows and love each play their part in this story that may be the on the largest scale of any novel Salvatore has written. Bruenor continues to seek answers in the words of his gods and oh boy does he get answers New friends have come to a beseiged Mithral Hall on a mission of mercy--if such an emotion can rest in the heart of a dragon. And the orc warlord Hartusk turns his savage hordes on Everlund in a bold move that stretches his forces thin. As for Hartusk's treacherous drow allies, all they want now is Drizzt and they don't care how many others--human, dwarf, elf, and orc alike--they have to kill to get to him