The Legend of Drizzt
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The Legend of Drizzt is a series of fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore that are based in the Forgotten Realms planet Abeir-Toril on the continent Faerûn. Drizzt Do'Urden is the main character of the series. It combines The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness and The Hunter's Blades Trilogy into one series. The book combines the internal conflict of Drizzt's restraint with the external conflicts that arise in the cruel Drow world.
Contents
This series includes re-issues of novels (with new cover art) that had previously been published under different series titles. In this series, they are numbered not in the order of their original publication, but rather in their chronological order in Drizzt's life. The first six novels in this series had never previously been released in a hardcover edition. Note: The Hunter's Blades Trilogy has not been re-issued as part of the Legend of Drizzt series, but later releases have been considered as such.
- Book I: Homeland (The Dark Elf Trilogy #1; hardcover, March 2004, ISBN 978-0-7869-3123-1; paperback, December 2005, ISBN 978-0-7869-3953-4; audio book, 26. March 2013)
- Book II: Exile (The Dark Elf Trilogy #2; hardcover, June 2004, ISBN 978-0-7869-3126-2; paperback, March 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-3983-1; audio book, 9. April 2013)
- Book III: Sojourn (The Dark Elf Trilogy #3; hardcover, December 2004, ISBN 978-0-7869-3081-4; paperback, June 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4007-3; audio book, 29. April 2013)
- Book IV: The Crystal Shard (The Icewind Dale Trilogy #1; hardcover, March 2005, ISBN 978-0-7869-3613-7; paperback, January 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4246-6; audio book, 5. May 2013)
- Book V: Streams of Silver (The Icewind Dale Trilogy #2; hardcover, July 2005, ISBN 978-0-7869-3762-2; paperback, May 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4265-7; audio book, 21. May 2013)
- Book VI: The Halfling's Gem (The Icewind Dale Trilogy #3; hardcover, November 2005, ISBN 978-0-7869-3825-4; paperback, August 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4289-3; audio book, 4. June 2013)
- Book VII: The Legacy (Legacy of the Drow #1; hardcover, April 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-3984-8; paperback, April 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4859-8; audio book, 15. October 2013)
- Book VIII: Starless Night (Legacy of the Drow #2; hardcover, July 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4023-3; paperback, May 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4861-1; audio book, 15. October 2013)
- Book IX: Siege of Darkness (Legacy of the Drow #3; hardcover, November 2006, ISBN 978-0-7869-4021-9; paperback, June 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4869-7; audio book, 15. October 2013)
- Book X: Passage to Dawn (Legacy of the Drow #4; hardcover, March 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4257-2, paperback, August 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4911-3; audio book, 15. October 2013)
- Book XI: The Silent Blade (Paths of Darkness #1; hardcover, June 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4336-4, paperback, February 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5054-6; audio book, 7. January 2014)
- Book XII: The Spine of the World (Paths of Darkness #2; hardcover, November 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4341-8, paperback, April 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5107-9; audio book, 7. January 2014)
- Book XIII: The Sea of Swords (Paths of Darkness #3; hardcover, March 2008, ISBN 0-7869-4787-X; paperback, June 2009; ISBN 978-0-7869-5121-5; audio book, 7. January 2014)
- Book XIV: Servant of the Shard (The Sellswords #1)
- Book XV: Promise of the Witch-King (The Sellswords #2)
- Book XVI: Road of the Patriarch (The Sellswords #3)
- Book XVII: The Thousand Orcs (The Hunter's Blades Trilogy #1; hardcover, October 2002, ISBN 0-7869-2804-2; paperback, July 2003, ISBN 0-7869-2980-4)
- Book XVIII: The Lone Drow (The Hunter's Blades Trilogy #2; hardcover, October 2003, ISBN 0-7869-3012-8; paperback, January 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3228-7)
- Book XIX: The Two Swords (The Hunter's Blades Trilogy #3; hardcover, October 2004, ISBN 0-7869-3360-7; paperback, September 2005, ISBN 0-7869-3790-4)
- Book XX: The Orc King (Transitions #1; hardcover, October 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4340-1; paperback, July 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-5046-1)
- Book XXI: The Pirate King (Transitions #2; hardcover, October 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4964-9; paperback, July 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5144-4)
- Book XXII: The Ghost King (Transitions #3; hardcover, October 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5233-5; paperback, July 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5499-5)
- Book XXIII: Gauntlgrym (Neverwinter Saga #1; hardcover, October 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5500-8; paperback, July 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5802-3; audio book, 12. February 2013)
- Book XXIV: Neverwinter (Neverwinter Saga #2; hardcover, October 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5842-9; paperback, July 2012, ISBN 978-0-7869-6027-9; audio book, 19. February 2013)
- Book XXV: Charon's Claw (Neverwinter Saga #3; hardcover, August 2012, ISBN 978-0-7869-6223-5; paperback, February 2013, ISBN 978-0-7869-6362-1; audio book, 25. February 2013)
- Book XXVI: The Last Threshold (Neverwinter Saga #4; hardcover, March 2013, ISBN 978-0-7869-6364-5; paperback, September 2013, ISBN 978-0-7869-6374-4; audio book, 5. March 2013)
- Book XXVII: The Companions (The Sundering #1; hardcover, August 2013, ISBN 978-0-7869-6371-3; audio book, 6. August 2013)
- Book XXVIII: Night of the Hunter (The Companion's Codex, Volume One: Night of the Hunter; hardcover, March 4, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7869-6511-3)
- Book XXIX: Rise of the King (The Companion's Codex, Volume Two: Rise of the King; hardcover, September 30, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7869-6515-1)
- Book XXX: Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (The Companion's Codex, Volume Three: Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf; hardcover, March 3, 2015, ISBN 978-0-7869-6570-0)
- Book XXXI: Archmage (Homecoming, Volume One: Archmage; hardcover, September 1, 2015, ISBN 978-0-7869-6575-5)
- Book XXXII: Maestro (Homecoming, Volume Two: Maestro; hardcover, April 5, 2016, ISBN 978-0-7869-6591-5)
- Book XXXIII: Hero (Homecoming, Volume Three: Hero; hardcover, October 25, 2016, ISBN 978-0-7869-6596-0)
Also released was a collection of classic short stories that expand the epic Legend of Drizzt
- The Collected Stories: The Legend of Drizzt, edited by Philip Athans (paperback, February 2011; ISBN 978-0-7869-5738-5) (this book is also listed under the Anthologies section above)
- 'The First Notch'
- 'Dark Mirror'
- 'The Third Level'
- 'Guenhwyvar'
- 'That Curious Sword'
- 'Wickless In The Nether'
- 'The Dowery'
- 'Comrades At Odds'
- 'If They Ever Happened Upon My Lair'
- 'Bones And Stones'
- 'Iruladoon'
- 'To Legend He Goes'
Portions of the entire series have been reprinted in boxed sets:
- The Legend of Drizzt Boxed Set, Books I-III (containing Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released September 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4777-5)
- The Legend of Drizzt Boxed Set, Books IV-VI (containing The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, and The Halfling's Gem) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released September 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4778-2)
- The Legend of Drizzt Boxed Set, Books VII-X (containing The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, and Passage to Dawn) (four paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released October 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4967-0)
- The Legend of Drizzt Boxed Set, Books XI-XIII (containing The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, and The Sea of Swords) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released October 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5232-8)
- The Hunter's Blades Trilogy (containing Books XIV-XVI: The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow, and The Two Swords) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released August 2007, ISBN 978-0-7869-4727-0)
- Transitions (containing Books XVII-XIX: The Orc King, The Pirate King, and The Ghost King) (three paperbacks in boxed slipcase, released October 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5861-0)
Portions of the entire series have been reprinted in single-book collector's edition:
- The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book I (containing Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn) (hardcover, February 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4837-6;paperback, January 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5370-7)
- The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book II (containing The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, and The Halfling's Gem) (hardcover, March 2008, ISBN 978-0-7869-4838-3; paperback, May 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5487-2)
- The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book III (containing The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, and Passage to Dawn) (hardcover, January 2009, ISBN 978-0-7869-5004-1; paperback, September 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5573-2)
- The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition, Book IV (containing The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, and The Sea of Swords) (hardcover, September 2010, ISBN 978-0-7869-5395-0; paperback, May 2011, ISBN 978-0-7869-5741-5)