Cover of Descent into the Depths of the Earth

Descent into the Depths of the Earth

core novel 2000 Greyhawk

Record

First published2000
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.11 (488 ratings, collected 2026-11-02)
First-edition ISBN9780786916351
Internal chronology3

Synopsis

The ranger and the faerie Escalla are back after their adventure at White Plume Mountain, and they are heading for the village of Hommlet. Escalla gets caught up in the politics of the faerie court, and to save her life the ranger must descend into the underworld. There he has to fight hobgoblins, drow and the queen of the demonweb pits. The novel is based on the classic adventure module of the same name.

Where it sits

  • Universe: Greyhawk
  • Series: Greyhawk Classics core; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
  • Author: Paul Kidd

Notes

  • From the series record (Greyhawk Classics): Seven novels from 1999 to 2002, each retelling a classic Greyhawk adventure module.

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.

Sources

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