With the Heroes of Mithrall Hall back to together, they venture back towards Mithrall Hall where Bruenor is to be recrowned the King. But a deadly alliance between orcs and frost giants may put a snag in the adventurers plans.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As always with R. A. Salvatore the fighting and swordplay are spectacular, and the advancement of all the lives of all my favorite charachters was fun. Could not put it down and looking forward to reading the next book in the trilogy. ( )

This is the start of a new Drizzt trilogy. In what is a familiar theme, Drizzt's adopted clan of dwarves is being attacked by a horde of orcs, led by giants. The attacks is being organized by a small group of drow masterminds. If you're an AD&D fan, this should sound very familiar, this plot isn't new. In his defense, since he writes for WOTC in their shared world, he may not have had any say in the base plot.
Salvatore does a great job, as usual, of making the dwarves everyone's favorite clan and introducing some dwarf politics. His battle scenes and the interactions of the main heroes are good, as always. ( )

Drizzt and friends get caught in the middle of an invading orc army. Typical D&D-inspired fantasy. Book is decent, but other Salvatore books have been better. ( )

It was a really good book. It was fun, light, enjoyable, and moral (in a sense). It was so much better than what Salvatore has been producing. It was back to the old days of the Companions of the Hall. It does seem a little bit like Salvatore is trying to redo what worked for him before. The group heads out from Icewind Dale to help Bruenor claim the crown of Mithril Hall, AND there’s going to be a grand adventure of trying to find an ancient Dwarven stronghold. I don’t care though, if it means there’s two more books on the way I’m happy.
What I found lacking in the book was that the relationship between Cattie-Brie and Drizzt goes splat. She has a near-death experience and decides that she wants to settle down and have children (or something). She gets all distant and weird and Drizzt gets all mushy and romantic talking about how he has to respect her wishes bla bla bla. But, I guess Salvatore was just looking for a little drama. I just hope they do end up together. I’d love to see little Drizzt-Brie. ( )

This books seems to lack some of the depth of Salvatore's previous Drizzt books. However, I hold out hope that this book is building to a sincere, profound, and exciting Driizt tale. ( )