The Thousand Orcs
core novel 2002 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (22,149 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786928040 |
Synopsis
The Thousand Orcs, the first book of the Hunter's Blades Trilogy, opens as a massive horde of orcs under King Obould Many-Arrows, allied with frost giants led by Gerti Orelsdottr, sweeps down to invade the towns and settlements of the northern Sword Coast, while a handful of drow operatives quietly manipulate events from the shadows for their own ends. During the desperate siege of the town of Shallows, Drizzt Do'Urden becomes separated from Bruenor, Catti-brie, Regis, and Wulfgar, his longtime companions, and believes he has witnessed their deaths in the chaos of battle. Driven by grief and fear for the fate of his friends, Drizzt turns his fury on the invading horde even as the wider conflict spreads, drawing in tense alliances between dwarves and humans in the nearby city of Mirabar and exposing the drow conspiracy stirring beneath the surface invasion.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 15 of 40 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.A. Salvatore
Notes
- The Hunter's Blades Trilogy #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 15 of 40: previous Sea of Swords (2001) · next The Lone Drow (2003)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thousand_Orcs
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