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Drizzt Do'Urden is feeling
guilty for his friend, Wulfgar's, death. He decides that he must put a
stop to the threat that hangs over his remaining friend's heads. He
quietly leaves Mithril Hall behind heading for his old home deep down in
drow territory, Menzoberranzan. Catti-brie, who has been mourning the
loss of her fiancée, Wulfgar, notices that Drizzt is gone and scares the
truth out of Regis. He gives her both Entreri's mask and dagger. She
takes the cat figurine that will call forth Guenhwyvar and starts on the
trail of Drizzt a few days after he left. As Drizzt battles his way down
into the depths of the caverns toward Menzoberranzan, Catti-brie
follows, but is more wary about the darkness. Luckily, she wears a charm
that lets her see in the darkness and another that helps her track
Drizzt. In Menzoberranzan, the drow mercenary, Jarlaxle, is working for
Matron Baenre. He has retrieved a secret from the surface world that he
will use against Drizzt. Matron Baenre is hatching a scheme to bring all
of the great houses together so she can build up a force large enough to
attack Mithril Hall and capture Drizzt. Little does she know that he is
about to walk right into her hands and throw her future plans awry.
Starless Night
is the second book
in The Legacy of the Drow series. This Forgotten Realms fantasy tale features R.A. Salvatore's signature character, Drizzt Do'Urden, the dark elf.
Other main characters in the story are: Bruenor - eighth King of the
Mithral Hall, Catti-brie - the the
human female and adopted daughter of Bruenor, Regis - the peace-loving ever hungry halfling, Thibbledorf Pwent - a smelly dwarf battlerager, Artemis Entreri - a
human assassin who hates Drizzt, and Jarlaxle - a male drow mercenary.
R.A. Salvatore has done it
again! Starless Night continues a storyline first started in
The Legacy. Drizzt Do'Urden is an extremely
cool character that I love reading about. Is he the perfect warrior that
never makes a mistake? No . . . but that is what I like about him. He is
fallible. He is the type of character that all fantasy lovers will feel
a bond to right away. The action sequences in this book are exquisite.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, write better battle scenes than R.A.
Salvatore. His descriptions over every swing and thrust of Drizzt's
scimitars are easily better than any other fantasy writer today. My only
fault with the book is the cover. Catti-brie looks great. But who is the
old-looking elf on the cover with the purplish skin. It can't be the
60-year old, but still young, ebon-skinned dark elf, Drizzt, can it?
Either way, that really doesn't matter. It's not the cover that makes a
good book, its the written words. Overall, Starless Night by R.A.
Salvatore is an excellent addition to The Legacy of the Drow four-part
series. I can't wait for the next.
I rated this book an 8½ out of 10. |
