Hero
core novel 2016 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.48 (4,484 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786966059 |
Synopsis
Hero concludes the Homecoming trilogy as Drizzt Do'Urden finally returns to Menzoberranzan, the city of his birth, alongside his companions. Having survived the perils of reaching it, Drizzt struggles with a deeper, more personal crisis, gripped by doubt over whether the world around him is real or an illusion crafted by the spider goddess Lolth to torment him. He begins to question whether his resurrected friends are truly themselves or merely constructs meant to deceive him, a suspicion that colors his approach to the dangers awaiting him in the drow city. The novel follows Drizzt as he confronts both the external threats of Menzoberranzan and this internal uncertainty, forced to decide how to act when he cannot fully trust his own perception of events around him.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 33 of 40 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.A. Salvatore
Notes
- Homecoming #3
- From the series record (The Legend of Drizzt (author line)): R.A. Salvatore's 40-novel line (1988-2025), incl. The Sellswords; sub-series recorded per book. Continues with Drizzt's daughter (2025-).
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 The Legend of Drizzt (author line): position 33 of 40: previous Maestro (2016) · next Timeless (2018)
Sources
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