Annihilation
novel 2004 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786932375 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
For the enemies of the drow it would be the ultimate triumph: if the City of Spiders were buried by the uncaring sands of eternity, thousands would dance on its grave, including enemies more powerful than even its most suspicious inhabitants have imagined. But Gromph Baenre, Archmage of Menzoberranzan, will not let that happen, and when the time comes he will risk everything to save a city and a civilisation he loves more than any drow would admit. While Menzoberranzan fights for survival, a dwindling company of would-be saviours travels the multiverse in search of a goddess who could be dead, or could simply have turned away from them; they might survive the journey, but can they survive the Demonweb Pits? The fifth book of the War of the Spider Queen, by Philip Athans.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: War of the Spider Queen ; position 5 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Philip Athans
Notes
- War of the Spider Queen #5.
- From the series record (War of the Spider Queen): A 6-novel series (2002-2005) about the drow goddess Lolth's mysterious silence and its fallout across Menzoberranzan, plotted/edited by R.A. Salvatore with each novel written by a different author: Dissolution (Richard Lee Byers), Insurrection (Thomas M. Reid), Condemnation (Richard Baker), Extinction (Lisa Smedman), Annihilation (Philip Athans), Resurrection (Paul S. Kemp). Registered 2026-08-18.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series War of the Spider Queen: position 5 of 6: previous Extinction (2004) · next Resurrection (2005)
- Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 182 of 215: previous Elminster's Daughter (2004) · next Heirs of Prophecy (2002)
Sources
- Wikipedia: List of Forgotten Realms novels
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spider_Queen
- Wizards of the Coast / TSR (publisher description, via Worlds Without End)
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