Sacrifice of the Widow

by Lisa Smedman

Other authors: Wes Benscoter (Cover artist)

Series: The Lady Penitent (1), Forgotten Realms novels

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Goddesses vie for the soul of people... Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress. For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own. Could it be that the War of the Spider Queen has just begun?… (more)

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I liked the setup for this series, and the characters are all fun. I am extremely predictable in that Q'arlynd is of course my favourite, because I love horrid little wizard men.

Decently strong writing, especially compared to some of the other FR books I've read. (

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ashelocke | Oct 15, 2021 |

I really enjoyed the original War of the Spider Queen", so I had to read this series.

Introduced to a host of new characters with only the barest of ties to the original series. This was nothing spectacular [but who reads Forgotten Realms for the writing?] but I certainly wasn't rolling my eyes like in some of the Drizz't books." (

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BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 |

Descent story about the various drow factions and their deities doing a game and using them. Pretty interesting characters but pretty predictable plots, especially when you know two other books will follow. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Lisa Smedman	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Benscoter, Wes	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Goddesses vie for the soul of people... Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress. For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own. Could it be that the War of the Spider Queen has just begun?

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Goddesses vie for the soul of people...

Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress.

For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own.

Could it be that the War of the Spider Queen has just begun?

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