Timeless
core novel 2018 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.23 (4,486 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062688590 |
Synopsis
Timeless opens the Generations trilogy with an extended look back at Drizzt Do'Urden's origins in Menzoberranzan, tracing how the friendship between the weapons master Zaknafein and the mercenary Jarlaxle first began, decades before Drizzt's birth. Interwoven with this history is a present-day thread following the adult Drizzt as he faces new dangers in a Forgotten Realms reshaped by recent upheavals. The novel builds out the drow city's politics and the personal history behind Zaknafein and Jarlaxle's bond, laying groundwork that connects directly to Drizzt's own life and choices. As the two timelines advance side by side, the book establishes the deeper backstory that will shape the trilogy's later confrontations between the surface world and the dangers still rooted in the Underdark.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: The Legend of Drizzt (author line) core; position 34 of 40 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.A. Salvatore
Notes
- Generations #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 34 of 40: previous Hero (2016) · next Boundless (2019)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Drizzt
- https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Generations
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