War of the Spider Queen
The War of the Spider Queen is a series of novels set in the Forgotten Realms setting, with 6 books:
- Dissolution (2002) by Richard Lee Byers
- Insurrection (2002) by Thomas M. Reid
- Condemnation (2003) by Richard Baker
- Extinction (2004) by Lisa Smedman
- Annihilation (2004) by Philip Athans
- Resurrection (2005) by Paul S. Kemp and R. A. Salvatore
Basics
The War of the Spider Queen book series was overseen by R. A. Salvatore, and each book was written by a different writer from Wizards of the Coast. The cover art for all six books were painted by Brom.
The background of the story was set in the Lolth-worshipping drow society. On the very first page of the first book of the series, Lolth wrapped Herself in a cocoon, abandoning her mortal worshippers in the Realms. All of her priestesses, including the highest-ranking matron mothers, lost their divine magical abilities, which in turn caused a series of events that would shake the very foundations of drow society.
Perhaps inevitably for a series written by different authors, portrayal of the characters is sometimes markedly different in the various books and several continuity errors are introduced by the changing authors. This is most evident with the character Pharaun.