The Lone Drow
core novel 2003 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (20,009 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786932283 |
Synopsis
The Lone Drow, the second book of the Hunter's Blades Trilogy, picks up with Drizzt Do'Urden convinced that his closest friends died in the orc invasion chronicled in The Thousand Orcs, and sunk into grief and a loss of purpose as a result. Two surface elves, Tarathiel and Innovindil, arrive with their trained pegasi and help draw Drizzt back from despair, giving him a renewed sense of direction. Determined to blunt the orc offensive commanded by King Obould Many-Arrows, Drizzt sets out to destroy isolated orc clans and prevent reinforcements from swelling the horde's ranks, while, unknown to him, the surviving Companions of the Hall are in fact still alive and fighting an increasingly desperate defensive battle of their own against Obould's forces, racing against time before the orc coalition can overwhelm them completely.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 16 of 40 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.A. Salvatore
Notes
- The Hunter's Blades Trilogy #2
- 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 16 of 40: previous The Thousand Orcs (2002) · next The Two Swords (2004)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Drow
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