
Descent into the Depths of the Earth
core novel 2000 Greyhawk
Record
| First published | 2000 |
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| Original language | |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (488 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786916351 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
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.
- Publication order, within the series Greyhawk Classics: position 3 of 7: previous White Plume Mountain (1999) · next The Temple of Elemental Evil (2001)
- Internal chronology, within Greyhawk: position 11 of 19: previous The Demon Hand (1988) · next Come Endless Darkness (1988)
Sources
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