Canticle (Bk. 1) (Forgotten Realms: Short Stories) - Softcover

Salvatore, R. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786916044 ISBN 13: 9780786916047

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast, 2000

Synopsis

High in the Snowflake Mountains sits the Edificant Library, a place of scholarly study for priests, bards, and others. Now from the hidden vaults beneath the library a devastating curse is unleashed, and a young cleric must battle the terrifying creatures set loose by a malevolent, consuming essence.

Best-selling fantasy R.A. Salvatore begins the saga of Cadderly, the scholar-priest, and his loyal companions, as they battle an age-old evil.

About this title

About the Author:

R.A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959. His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computer science to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. His first published novel was The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988 and he is still best known as the creator of the dark elf Drizzt, one of fantasy s most beloved characters. His novel The Silent Blade won the Origins Award, and in the fall of 1997, his letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers were donated to the R.A. Salvatore Library at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Synopsis:

An evil power threatens to overwhelm Cadderly, a scholar-priest, and when his brothers are trapped in the catacombs, he must struggle with himself to save his brothers and his own soul.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786916044
• ISBN 13: 9780786916047
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 314