The Silent Blade

by R.A. Salvatore

Book Overview

A new chapter in the Legend of Drizzt saga begins: Can the Crystal Shard be destroyed at last? Determined to destroy the evil Crystal Shard, Drizzt seeks out the help of a scholar-priest named... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786913886
• ISBN13: 9780786913886
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: TSR
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Hard Emotions and cool battles

One of the best things about this book is that we see the inner torments suffered by Wulfgar and Artemis Entreri. We see how entreri copes with life on Calimport's streets and how Wulfgar faces the horrid memories of imprisonment at the hands of Errtu. Without spoiling much, the final battle between Drizzt and Entreri is very intense and somewhat surprising. Bruenor is also great, particularly when he keeps getting his axe stuck in various goblins. mind you though, there are some gorey details so be forwarned.

Fascinating and Fabulous

This book concentrated on Wulfgar much more than the other characters, but it was a necessary glimpse of the turmoil this character was going through. All in all, a fantastic book.

Salvatore is back with a vengence!

This book was absolutely Salvatore reborn! It took me back to the days of the Crystal Shard and Dark Elf trilogy (IMHO his BEST series) in spades. The aventurers were together again and best of all Drizzt's equal(?), Artemis Entreri, was back as well! I enjoy the books with Artemis the best because of the fact that there is no overwhelming foe to defeat, ie... a whole drow city or the minions of a demon, just a man seeking to know the truth about who is the best, as "equals" go. The final battle was an artwork in itself. I was able to imagine every detail through the expert writing of Salvatore. If you quit reading Salvatore after the Drow series...START AGAIN! This book is a must! I can't wait for the future books!

SILENT BLADE......Mr. Salvatore....a movie sir, a movie!

What can I say to help someone better understand the book....READ ALL THE OTHERS FIRST. I read SILENT BLADE, and it made me want to pick up all the others of Drizzt & Co. and read them all over again. What I am wondering is why some big time screen producer has not jumped on this yet? If I had Lucas or Spielberg's movie making prowess, I would be all over this like black on a Drow Elf! This has got STAR WARS potential all over it (not to say Mr. Salvatore should sell out) but this is great stuff. READ THIS BOOK, then buy the others and read them if you haven't. Preferably buy them first then buy this one...I read Streams of Silver before I read The Crystal Shard. Mr. Salvatore, your the greatest, keep it up....

Excellent, there had better be more...

I have grown to genuinely feel for the characters in Salvatore's Dark Elf Series. The characters are almost real, their trials becoming the reader's trials.This book was excellent, and paved the road for many more to come (hoping, of course, that Mr. Salvatore has no intention of ending the series).The ending was slightly confusing, since Entreri's burning need to face his arch-nemesis once and for all on fair ground is brought into play. The end of this fight seems a bit anticlimactic, however, unles it plays a larger role later. Jarlaxle communicates to Drizzt after the fight the Entreri will no longer bother him because Drizzt is believed to be dead.The problem as I see it with this line is this: In a world where Drizzt Do'Urden has made such a far-reaching impression as to be accepted almost universally despite his drow heritage, news of his still being quite alive and well would not be long in reaching the ears of Artemis Entreri.Future conflict? Perhaps, but how many more continually unresolved fights can there be between them?As for Wulfgar, he always took far too much of the world upon his shoulders. His apparent descent into the world of evil is a fitting continuation for a man haunted by demons he has created for himself. These can be far more effective than the tortures of the Abyss...