I'm not entirely sure what the official name for these books are, but...has anyone else checked out these mighty books starring the bizarrely named Drizzt? I'm about 150 pages through this 800 page trilogy and I'm fucking loving it. This and Lord Of The Rings is the only fantasy literature I've touched since I started reading again (used to eat James Herbert for breakfast...) but it's a great wakeup call.
In case anyone ain't clued up, the book's about this guy who lives in a society where everyone is brought up and encouraged to be crooked. Lots of backstabbing, deceit, murder, genocide, infanticide, and bitchiness. Drizzt and his daddy are the only people who've sussed that this ain't cool, and there's a lot of cunning required to keep one's head above water. Suffice to say the story and its plot-twists are gripping (the newborn Drizzt is due to be sacrificed at the very start of the book, but is inadvertantly saved by his older brother murdering his eldest brother in the middle of a battle. How's the for spoiler?!), and these are such compelling characters. I thoroughly recommend it!
In case anyone ain't clued up, the book's about this guy who lives in a society where everyone is brought up and encouraged to be crooked. Lots of backstabbing, deceit, murder, genocide, infanticide, and bitchiness. Drizzt and his daddy are the only people who've sussed that this ain't cool, and there's a lot of cunning required to keep one's head above water. Suffice to say the story and its plot-twists are gripping (the newborn Drizzt is due to be sacrificed at the very start of the book, but is inadvertantly saved by his older brother murdering his eldest brother in the middle of a battle. How's the for spoiler?!), and these are such compelling characters. I thoroughly recommend it!
