The Sword of Bedwyr (The Crimson Shadow) - Softcover

Salvatore, R. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446602728 ISBN 13: 9780446602723

Publisher: Aspect, 1996

Synopsis

This first novel in the Crimson Shadow trilogy is by the author of the best-selling Dark Elf trilogy. For 20 years the once proud lands of Eriador have suffered under the evil power of the Wizard King Greensparrow.

About this title

About the Author:

R. A. Salvatore is the acclaimed author of the DemonWars trilogy---The Demon Awakens, The Demon Spirit, and The Demon Apostle---as well as Mortalis, Bastion of Darkness, Ascendance, and the New York Times bestseller Vector Prime, an entry in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order series. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Diane, and their three children. David Drummond has made his living as an actor for over twenty-five years, appearing on stages large and small throughout the country and in Seattle, Washington, his hometown. He has narrated over thirty audiobooks for Tantor, in genres ranging from current political commentary to historical nonfiction, from fantasy to military, and from thrillers to humor. He received an AudioFile Earphones Award for his first audiobook, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay. When not narrating, David keeps busy writing plays and stories for children.

From Publishers Weekly:

Bestselling Salvatore (Starless Night) returns with a pleasant fantasy novel, notable mainly for its attention to detail. Salvatore describes and choreographs battle scenes better than any other contemporary fantasist, as this first tale of the adventures of Luthien Bedwyr amply demonstrates. The naive Luthien plunges into a series of events, beginning with a self-imposed exile from his father's kingdom of Bedwyr, which has fallen "under the iron rule of King Greensparrow of Avon," that test his mettle and increase the political stakes for which he must fight. As Salvatore carefully and exquisitely builds his narrative, Luthien, along with the charming Oliver de Burrows?self-described thief with the obligatory heart of gold?finds his actions becoming more consequential, especially in his Robin Hood-like guise as the "Crimson Shadow." The tale is satisfactorily resolved, but with enough matters left hanging to suggest that readers looking forward to a sequel may well be rewarded.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Aspect
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0446602728
• ISBN 13: 9780446602723
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320