Night Masks

by R.A. Salvatore

Book Overview

Caradoon, city of shadows, city of assassins. Through its dark streets flit the killers of the Night Mass, led by the thin, sinister killer known as Ghost. In the city's evil alleyways Cadderly,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786916060
• ISBN13: 9780786916061
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

great book a must read

great book, i have all of the ra salvatore books, he is a great writer.

Creative and Exciting Novel

First of all, let me say that I was not pleased with the first two novels in the series. I bought the collector's edition, so since I already had it I decided to continue anyways. With that said, as you can see from my five star rating that I really enjoyed this book. As to why I enjoyed this book more the first two, well there are lots of reasons. The most glaring reason is that they just didn't match up to the quality that I attribute to most of Salvatore's novels. They were just not well written and the first one lacked excitement altogether.The main villain in this novel, Ghost the Night Mask assassin, keeps the story going from start to finish. He is definitely a worthy adversary. His cunning and abilities make him the perfect assassin almost unbeatable...almost. Cadderly has also undergone a major transformation. He finally grows up in this novel and I actually started become interested in him something I would not say in the first two novels. I love the way he struggles to first understand and then control his newfound powers even questioning their true origins. The powers are really quite powerful perhaps even too powerful, but that remains to be seen.Another thing that I really like about this book is the fate of Rufo. I have been waiting for his selfish deeds to lead to his death for far too long. I have just hated how he seems to be forgiven for the most complete betrayals. Well let it just suffice to say that he gets what he deserves and I was completely surprised by the outcome. The other part I enjoyed was the gripping Salvatore quality battle sequences. The second novel in the series was alright in this concern, but the first novel really disappointed me.I still have my grips though they are minor. I was dismayed when I saw the return of the yo-yo, spindle-disk. I was hoping I had seen the last of them when Cadderly got his staff enchanted. Also the results of Ivan's tinkering with the yo-yo seems completely absurd to me. Some of things that Cadderly ends up doing with it defies even fantasy reality. And I still don't like the concept behind Pickel's character though I have gotten use to it.Well I hope the rest of the story continues on the momentum of this novel. I don't know if I would recommend the entire series yet, but I do recommend this book.

A true work of Mature Fantasy

I, like many others, am enamored with the writings of R.A. Salvatore, everything from the Demonwars series to the classic Drizzt Novels, but the Cadderly Series, and this book in particular, has something that none of his other books have. Maturity. The Depth of Evil that the Ghearfu is, and its master, Ghost, contains, is truly horrifying, and the new characters are fully fleshed out. In addition, Salvatore pulls no punches when it comes to main characters, he doesn't hold back when their death is needed for plot developement. The magic in this book is also descibed as it never has been before, making the arcane arts and divinity so much more impressive. However, the quality of this book that I am most impressed by was the love between Cadderly and Danica. I admit, as a semi-hopeless Romantic I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but the way the romance and resulting actions were described was so perfect, that I was deeply moved. In short, many of Salvatore's works, while good, are easily forgettable. This book will remain with me throughout my life. I urge those of you who are on the brink of buying this book, and this whole series, to do so. It is a magnificent work of modern fiction, and the best That Salvatore has ever written.

The best of the Series so far...

Oo Oi! as Pikel would say. This is a great book. A lot of the loose ends are tied up leaving just one hanging, but enough of one apparently to continue on with the series. Less full of action than the second book, but it goes into great detail about Cadderly and his gaining power. His doubt as to what is happening to him, his doubts about his god. This series has been phenomenal so far, and I truly look forward to reading the rest of it. Once again the Battle scenes are spectacular (do you expect anything less of Salvatore?) but this time its Cadderly's turn to excel, the way Salvatore discribes his magic is just sensational. This series has gotten better and better with every book. Don't miss this one.

Salvatore did it again!

I don't know how he does it. He just does. This book is everything a reader could ask for. There is conspiricy (in my not so humble opinion), suspence, action, and if you like that sort of thing, romane (luckily, not too much.) This book, book 3 in the Cleric Quintet, is a turning point for the main charactor and the plot. Each book is a story in itself, yet the whole series is like a humongo book, too large to be print entirely, so broken in 5 parts. I think it is a great book-and that is an understatement!