"spectre of the black rose" or "elminster in hell"?

[NiTessine]

Eh. Elminster in Hell is one of the weaker Elminster novels. I like Greenwood's prose, but he doesn't seem to do plot arcs very well, and his characters tend towards the caricaturish.

Spectre of the Black Rose was decent, but I prefer the first part, Knight of the Black Rose.

I thought the Hunter's Blades trilogy was boring.

I'd go with rowport's suggestion. Get some Kemp.

 

[an_idol_mind]

the Hunter's Blade trilogy was decent, in my mind -- at least for the first couple of books. The third book was a huge letdown (although I probably should have seen it coming). So if you've only got the first two books, then you've got the good two thirds of the story without the weak ending to balance it out.

 

[Lord Zardoz]

I would go with the Lord Soth book if I was limited to those two choices.

My favorite novels from my D&D fiction collection would be the following:

Dragonlance:
Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies
Lord Toede by Jeff Grubb
The Doom Brigade, by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin
Draconian Measures by Don Perrin with Margaret Weis
The Legend of Huma (March 1988), by Richard A. Knaak
Kaz the Minotaur by Richard A. Knaak
Stormblade by Nancy Varian Berberick


Forgotten Realms:
The Finder's Stone Trilogy
The Twilight Giants Trilogy
Crypt of the Shadowking, by Mark Anthony
Soldiers of Ice, by David Cook

Note that this more reflects how much I enjoyed reading the books rather than any particular arguement as to their merit as great books. I would say that the best stand along book out of these would be the Legend of Huma.

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[JustaPlayer]

Read them both. Black Rose by far. I will take any Ravenloft Novel over any Elminster Novel any day.... On weekends too.

 

[rossik]

so, i brought lord soth to my travel.
it was a nice reading, thanks guys!