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Tyr is free at last! But for how long? The city-state of Tyr has been freed from a thousand years of slavery to the sorcerer-king, but with change comes chaos and Tyr's triumph may be its death-knell. Almost twenty years after Troy Denning first gave readers a taste of theDark Sunworld, it remains one of the most sought-after settings in theDungeons & Dragons® universe. All five of the Prism Pentad novels will be reissued in deluxe trade paperback editions that will introduce a whole new show more generation to the magic-blasted deserts of theDark Sunworld! show lessTags
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In the years since I read the first few books of the Prism Pendant and became familiar with the RPG world of Dark Sun, I've learned that Troy Denning wrote the books before the tabletop campaign setting was fully developed. To a certain extent, that has increased my appreciation for the novels, and the harsh post-apocalyptic world they evoke. Still the stories are limited at times in their content and vocabulary, to match the product for which they are a marketing vehicle. It's fun to imagine what a modern writer would do with the setting, given the rich moment we find ourselves in for this kind of world building.
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Bestselling fantasy and science fiction author Troy Denning was born in 1958. He has written many novels, including the Prism Pentad series and multiple contributions to the Star Wars and Forgotten Realms universes. Denning is one of the founders of the game company Pacesetter Ltd, and he co-designed the Dark Sun Dungeons & Dragons campaign show more setting. He has published under his own name and the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. Denning joined TSR as a game designer in 1981, and was promoted a year later to Manager of Designers, before he moved to the book department. He then worked for two years managing the Pacesetter game company, and had a stint at Mayfair Games. Denning wrote the third novel in TSRs "Avatar Trilogy", Waterdeep (1989), which he wrote under the house pseudonym Richard Awlinson, the book became a New York Times bestselling novel. In October 1989 he rejoined TSR as a senior designer, co-creating the Dark Sun setting with Tim Brown and Mary Kirchoff. Denning returned to freelance writing again in 1991, writing the bestselling "Prism Pentad" for the Dark Sun setting, and the Forgotten Realms "Twilight Giants" trilogy Denning also wrote the Planescape hardcover Pages of Pain "It had to be from the Lady of Pain's viewpoint which is something of a problem, since (as every Planescape player knows) she never speaks and (this was the really good part) the reader must know less about her at the end of the book than he does at the beginning, and nobody knows anything about her at the beginning. In 2010 Troy Denning published his book Vortex and it hit the New York Times Best Seller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Crimson Legion
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Rikus; Neeva; Caelum; Urik (sorcerer-king); Tithian of Mericles (King Tithian I); Agis of Asticles
- Important places
- Athas; Tyr (The Free City)
- Dedication
- To my parents for always believing in me.
- First words
- Concentrate.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"With you as its guardian, the dream of freedom will live in the city of Tyr forever."
- Original language
- English, US
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, French, Hungarian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 7
