The Hunter's Blades Trilogy
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The Hunter's Blades Trilogy is a trilogy written by R.A. Salvatore, the famous SciFi and fantasy author. It contains three books, The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow, and The Two Swords. It is his latest work concerning Drizzt, (as of 2005) and tells the continuing tale of the infamous drow, or dark elf, Drizzt Do'Urden. When he and his companions travel back from their latest journey, a dwarf, named Thibbledorf Pwent, comes with a contingent of his kin and tells Drizzt's friend Bruenor Battlehammer, also a dwarf, that the last king of Mithral Hall, Gandalug Battlehammer, has died, and that Bruenor must go and serve the Battlehammer Clan as king. Meanwhile, an evil orc named Obould Many-Arrows joins forces with Gerti Orelsdottr, a powerful princess of a clan of frost giants. The story passes through the war created by these two against Drizzt and his friends.
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Hunter's Blades Trilogy series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Thousand Orcs (2002)
- The Lone Drow (2003)
- The Two Swords (2004)
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In The Thousand Orcs, Drizzt is separated from his friends while orcs, giants, and a few drow are determined to destroy everything in their path.
In The Lone Drow, Drizzt Do'Urden is mourning what he believes to be the death of his closest friends. He is helped to regain his sense of purpose after two elves (Tarathiel and Innovindil) and their two pegasi (Sunrise and Sunset) decide to help. He goes around killing orcs and preventing new clans from joining the army that has been gathering under the rule of King Obould Many-Arrows. While this happens, Drizzt's friends are fighting desperately against the horde.
The Two Swords fails to resolve most of the plot lines started in the first two novels of this trilogy. The focus of the novel is how Drizzt will reunite with his friends, whom he believes dead, and how his friends are struggling to deal with the massive orc presence outside the gates of Mithral Hall.
The only major plot line to be tied up in this novel is the question of what Drizzt will do about his relationship with Catti-brie.
Other than that, The Two Swords resolves a few minor plot threads. Drizzt and the surface elf Innovindil bring their quest for the captured pegasus to a conclusion. A few more characters meet their demise in this novel.
Ultimately, the novel keeps the major plot lines active for future novels, and introduces several more.
