Has anyone read the Hunters Blade novels - “Lone Drow” and “1,000 Orcs” books? Are they any good? Where can I find useful reviews?
Review Request: Lone Drow
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Dark Jezter
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I don't know where you'd find reviews of those two books. Amazon.com allows reader reviews, but the reviews there are hardly reliable because people often write reviews of books without ever reading them; they just use the reviews section as a message board to rant about authors they don't like.
I will say that I myself have enjoyed the Thousand Orcs and the Lone Drow. Both of them contain enough action and adventure to please the hack & slasher in me. I've also liked many of the characters in the book, especially King Obould Many-Arrows, who manages to avoid being the stereotypical stupid orc and actually displays real intelligence and cunning throughout the novels.
The Hunter's Blades Trilogy also makes you realize that the good guys aren't immortal after all. In fact, the heroes have been steadily retreating through most of the series. Winning only occasional minor victories and suffering great losses.
Finally, these books feature the return of Ivan and Pikel Bouldershoulder, who are two of my favorite R.A. Salvatore characters of all time.
I will say that I myself have enjoyed the Thousand Orcs and the Lone Drow. Both of them contain enough action and adventure to please the hack & slasher in me. I've also liked many of the characters in the book, especially King Obould Many-Arrows, who manages to avoid being the stereotypical stupid orc and actually displays real intelligence and cunning throughout the novels.
The Hunter's Blades Trilogy also makes you realize that the good guys aren't immortal after all. In fact, the heroes have been steadily retreating through most of the series. Winning only occasional minor victories and suffering great losses.
Finally, these books feature the return of Ivan and Pikel Bouldershoulder, who are two of my favorite R.A. Salvatore characters of all time.
driver8
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Id agree with Dark Jetzer. Without posting a spoiler, both books are good. ALOT of battle scenes, well done but after a while it seems a bit repetitive. The subplots of supporting characters is interesting (perhaps more so than the main characters) and the return of the Bouldershoulders is cool. And the bad guys are actually more than plot devices.
On the bad side for me, if you dont like an introspective Drizzt you may not like this book. Without spoiling anything I thought his self doubt was a bit overblown. /shrug. And the whole love fest of the five core friends sometimes is a little grating for me personally.
In some ways I like it better than Icewind Dale Trilogy. The pros outweigh the cons for me. Ill definately be buying the third volume when its released.
On the bad side for me, if you dont like an introspective Drizzt you may not like this book. Without spoiling anything I thought his self doubt was a bit overblown. /shrug. And the whole love fest of the five core friends sometimes is a little grating for me personally.
In some ways I like it better than Icewind Dale Trilogy. The pros outweigh the cons for me. Ill definately be buying the third volume when its released.
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I agree with the other posters, so will not re-state points. But, generally, if you enjoy Salvatore's style of books, you will not be disappointed. If anything, the action/battle scenes are at the top of his game, and IMO what I look to expect in his novels. The characters are also particularly interesting- especially the villains, which is a bit of a departure from his normal focus on the protagonists. King Obould is fantastic in conception and execution- there is a sequence with druid ritual where you will find yourself thinking through the D&D game mechanics as Salvatore describes it! 
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