Night of the Hunter

Name: Night of the Hunter
Author: R.A. Salvatore
ISBN: 9780786965113

core novel 2014 Forgotten Realms

Record

First published	2014
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.34 (6,690 ratings, collected 2026-09-12)
First-edition ISBN	9780786965113

Synopsis

Night of the Hunter opens the Companions Codex trilogy, following R.A. Salvatore's Sundering-era novels. Bruenor, Regis, and Wulfgar, recently reincarnated and reunited with Drizzt Do'Urden, must first rescue their old friend after he is gravely wounded, before the group can settle back into life together. Their respite proves short-lived as new dangers emerge in the Silver Marches and around the reclaimed dwarven stronghold of Gauntlgrym, with the drow city of Menzoberranzan launching coordinated attacks against the region's free peoples. The newly restored fellowship, still adjusting to being whole again after their long separation, is drawn into defending the North against this drow offensive, setting the stage for a wider conflict that will test both their old bonds and their new circumstances.

Where it sits

Universe: Forgotten Realms
Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 28 of 40 in the series' recorded order
Author: R.A. Salvatore

Notes

Companions Codex #1
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 28 of 40: previous The Companions (2013) · next Rise of the King (2014)

Sources

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