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Deep in the Timbelands, lays
the sleepy little village named Dundalis. Elbryan Wyndon, a boy
of 13, and his girl friend, Jilseponie “Pony”, await
the return of the hunting party. When the party does return,
the kids are shocked to see a dead goblin hanging from one of
the poles.
Shortly thereafter, the village is attacked by goblins
and fomorian giants. While the entire town is being slaughtered,
Elbyran is saved by the elves because his uncle was a ranger
and they need someone new to train. Elbryan spends six years
learning to be the next ranger and living with the elves of AndurBlough
Inninness. Meanwhile, Pony escaped death at the hands of the
goblins and ends up a barmaid in Palmaris with no remembrance
of what happened in Dundalis.
After an incident with her new
husband, she finds her marriage annulled and ends up in the military,
where she seems to be the only one serious about guarding the
coast against the Powries, a warlike race of seafaring dwarves
that wear caps of human skin on the heads that have been dipped
in the blood of every one that they have killed.
In St.-Mere-Abelle,
a young man is admitted and found to be the most talented person
to ever wield the stones. Avelyn Desbris is selected, along with
3 others, to journey to a secret island to collect to stones
of power when they fall. When he returns from his year-length
journey, he learns the truth about the evil that has invaded
the halls of the monastery. He takes the stones and flees. He
soon discovers that the dactyl demon has awakened and is gathering
his army of goblins, giants and dwarves wipe the humans off the
face of the planet.
Soon, all three of the main characters meet
and form an alliance. They are joined by Brandwarden, a centaur,
and vow to bring down the demon. But to do this, they must make
their way to Mount Alda, through thousands of the enemy troops.
The Demon Awakens is the first book in the DemonWars trilogy
by R.A. Salvatore.
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