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The Gossamer Plain


Thomas M. Reid - 2007
    But before she can complete a mission in that beseiged city, Aliisza finds herself in the one place a demon would never want to go, no matter how sure she is of her wits and cunning: the very heart of Celestia! Join everyone's favorite succubus and her half-fiend boyfriend, introduced in the War of the Spider Queen series, in the first installment of their own exciting new trilogy!

Neversfall


Ed Gentry - 2007
    Then the regiment holding Neversfall disappeared, leaving no hint of what took them. The replacement forces find themselves attacked from both within and without the fortress's walls. Besieged by monsters and men, a mercenary captain and an elite warrior must work together to discover out who their enemy really is.

Whisper of Waves


Philip Athans - 2005
    In a twisted dimension outside the walls of time and space, he plots and plans.The SenatorA genasi, he has fought his way up from the gutter and will never go back. Amid the tangled streets of Innarlith, he mixes ambition with thoughts of vengeance.The ManA master builder, he walks the coast of Faerûn, and the waves whisper to him of a mighty work, a task worthy of his talents.

Lady of Poison


Bruce R. Cordell - 2004
    I will send the teeth of beasts upon thee, with the poison of serpents of the dust..."Presents the first volume in a new fantasy series chronicling the stand-alone adventures and exploits of the clerics in the Forgotten Realms universe. Original.

The Alabaster Staff


Edward Bolme - 2003
    Each novel in the series will be a stand-alone adventure, but the overall setting for all of the titles will be the Old Empires, an area of the Forgotten Realms world never before explored in the novels.

Blackstaff


Steven Schend - 2006
    Original.

The Fanged Crown


Jenna Helland - 2009
    The story he tells of disease and monsters rings false to his enemies--a former mutineer is sent to discover what really happened to the Lost Colony, and what the Hero of Tethyr is hiding. The first book in a series designed to showcase the uncivilized areas that iconic to the Dungeons & Dragons(R) game, "The Fanged Crown" is an easy way for unfamiliar readers to pick up the Forgotten Realms(R). With plenty of action, intrigue, and adventure, this is a book that will appeal to new readers and familiar readers alike. "The Fanged Crown" and the rest of the Wilds series may be read in any order.

Venom's Taste


Lisa Smedman - 2004
    Enter the mysterious world of the snake-like yuan-ti...Hlondeth - A city populated by the humanoid serpents known as the yuan-ti, and ruled by House Extaminos...This powerful House of Serpents is the ultimate target of The Pox, a human cult whose members worship the goddess of plague and disease, and who begins to work the deadly will of Sibyl's Chosen, a dangerous cabal of yuan-ti who will turn every human in the city into a freakish tainted one, unless Dediana, a yuan-ti half-blood, can stop them all.

The Lost Library of Cormanthyr


Mel Odom - 1998
    . . somewhere in the most ancient corners of Faerun? An intrepid human explorer sets out to find the truth and what starts as an archaeological expedition soon becomes a race against time as an undying avenger is determined to protect the secrets of the ancient, xenophobic elven empire of Cormanthyr. Lost Empires is a bold new series that uncovers the secrets of the lost, ancient Forgotten Realms world.

Master of Chains


Jess Lebow - 2005
    Original.

King Pinch


David Zeb Cook - 1995
    Original. 75,000 first printing.

Forsaken House


Richard Baker - 2004
    Original.

The Ogre's Pact


Troy Denning - 1994
    But first, he must uncover the kingdom's most jealously guarded secret.

Sword Play


Clayton Emery - 1996
    Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with.Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend -- and deadly rival -- can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some chance to survive, however slight.Of course, "playing fair" is a concept as alien to the wizards of Netheril as "mercy."But the subject of their wager, Sunbright Steelshanks of the Rengarth Tribe, has a mind -- and a will -- of his own. And Candlemas and Sysquemalyn are not the only players in this lethal game of swords and sorcery...

Shadowbred


Paul S. Kemp - 2006
     It has already begun." Shadows move out of the shrinking desert, south to the rich and arrogant cities of Sembia. ""Be brave, little man," says the shadowman, and the boy thinks his voice is surprisingly soft. "Stay with your mother. This will be over soon." The shadows swallow him and he is gone." On the edge of a war that will change the face of Faerun, the world will find that not all shadows serve Shade.