Road of the Patriarch
core novel 2006 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.21 (9,863 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786940752 |
Synopsis
Road of the Patriarch concludes the Sellswords Trilogy, picking up after the events at Zhengyi's reconstituted castle in the previous book, as both the Spysong network and the Citadel of Assassins demand a reckoning from Artemis Entreri and Jarlaxle, along with their dwarf companion Athrogate, for the associates lost during that earlier adventure. Forced to answer for the fallout, the two mercenaries find old secrets from their pasts resurfacing, including long-buried truths about Entreri's and Jarlaxle's respective childhoods and Athrogate's own history. Amid the pressure from rival factions, Entreri finds himself drawn into an unexpected romantic entanglement with the half-elf warrior Calihye, a notable departure from his usual guarded detachment, setting the stage for a trilogy-closing reckoning with both external enemies and the two men's long-suppressed pasts.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 19 of 40 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.A. Salvatore
Notes
- The Sellswords #3 (Entreri & Jarlaxle)
- 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 19 of 40: previous Promise of the Witch-King (2005) · next The Orc King (2007)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_of_the_Patriarch
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