The Orc King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 1) | R.A. Salvatore

The Orc King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 1) | R.A. Salvatore | More Drizzt, not enough

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The Orc King (Forg...

	The Orc King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 1) R.A. Salvatore Wizards of the Coast, 2007 - 346 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Drizzt is back in this exciting new trilogy from R.A. Salvatore!

An uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows can't last long. The orc tribes united under Obould begin to fight each other, and Bruenor is determined to finish the war that nearly killed him and almost destroyed everything he's worked to build. But it will take more than swords and axes to bring a lasting peace to the Spine of the World. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to change the way they see each other. They may have to start to talk. But it won't be easy.

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Reviewing the reviews

Ok, let's start by saying that to call myself a fan of R A Salvatore would be a huge understatement. I have read just about every book he has written and my favorites by far are the books involving Drizzt and The Companions of the Hall. But my review really is to review the whiners reviewing The Orc King. And yes I know we are each entitled to our own opinion, so here's mine. First let me say after reading all of the negative and a few of the positive aswell that I am surprised that anyone that wrote a negative review can even read to begin with. Grab a dictionary or go back to school and learn how to spell and phrase a sentence correctly. Second on the list is for those individuals whinning that they couldn't tell where the story was going and what the point was. The fact that all of the main characters had changed and that by some weird chance Drizzt is not the fighter that he used to be. Well ladies and gents, that's story telling. Things change, Mr Salvatore has done a fine job of detailing the changing of everyones lives in his books. It's not a Simpsons cartoon that has been on for God knows how long and Bart is still the same age now that he was back when the show started. Drizzt and his friends have aged, they've grown and they have all had life changing experiences affect them and those around them.

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More Drizzt, not enough

I loved this story line. Not enough pages. I have reread it too many times.

...better to start from the beginning. DOnt forget to include the cleric quintet

A new balance achieved

I believe that this book is the result of many different years in writing and the authors growth and an inflection of his inner beliefs. Having been a long time fan of Mr Salvatore from the early drizzt series and to the demon wars. I'm delightfully content at how his new books are developing. There is a good mixture of both character developement and a new 'battle' that supercedes swordsplay. I see the inner turmoil and constant struggle between what is good and wrong to be pressingly important that reflects our daily lives. The excerpts from drizzt inner thoughts also is a nice touch to essentuiate that point.

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The Orc King

The New book from Salvatore the Orc King is based on Hunters blade trilogy and starts where Two swords are ending.I was expecting quite a lot from the first book of new series Transitions because the ending of two swords brought an emotional charge and hope of great new series on horizon.Let me explain: The hole story and plot were below Salvatore`s artistic creation.Great plot and story where the best things from Salvatore and nobody could illustrate the world of Forgotten Realms like he did!The book begins with prelude which has to be skipped in order to enjoy the rest of the series because it tells you in advance how the book is going to end,so skip it(wish I had someone to tell me that)!The whole band is here,they are searching for ancient dwarf city and special weapon that could beat the encamped Orcs!I still have much to say but I m not going to do that because it could reveal the plot!Thing that bothers me the most is the ending which is unreal and mellow, but R A Salvatore is and always will be in my opinion the best SF writer!Greetings from Croatia

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