The Dragon King: Crimson Shadow (The Crimson Shadow, 3) - Hardcover

Salvatore, R. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446517283 ISBN 13: 9780446517287

Publisher: Warner Books, 1996

Synopsis

There is no peace for King Brind'Amour's newly liberated Eriador, as Avon's evil King Greensparrow breaks the truce with border massacres and demon sorcery. War is inevitable, but would be suicidal. Even when allied with DunDarrow dwarfs, Fairborn elves, and the Riders of Eradoch, the peasant armies led by Luthien Bedwyr and his friends are hopelessly outmatched by Avon's Cyclopian legions. Meanwhile, Brind'Amour's magic must face the fiends of Avon's sorcerous dukes...
Then suddenly, Luthien is captured by Huegoth raiders and gains some astonishing information about the fate of his lost brother. Lady Deanna Wellworth discovers that she is the rightful heir to Avon's throne. And the lord of wild, distant Baranduine begins a desperate campaign to free his land from Greensparrow.
Now battle will be joined on mountain, plain, and swamp, on land, sea, and in the air - in a war of courage and dire wizardries. Yet in the end, all the valor of Eriador, and all the daring of Luthien's magical alter ego, the Crimson Shadow, may not be enough to vanquish Greensparrow's ultimate weapon. For Greensparrow isn't merely allied with the hell-monster he plans to unleash: Greensparrow is the vast and terrible being that once withstood the combined might of the ancient Brotherhood of Wizards. And in centuries of plotting world conquest, the beast has murdered the sleeping mages. Except one. Heir to a dying magic, Brind'Amour must stand alone...

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Review

‘Salvatore describes and choreographs battle scenes better than any other contemporary fantasist’
Pubishers Weekly

‘...memorable characters and compelling action’
Terry Brooks

From the Back Cover

PREPARE FOR DRAMA, HEART-STOPPING SUSPENSE, AND WONDROUS MAGIC AS THE CRIMSON SHADOW REACHES ITS BREATHTAKING CONCLUSION

There is no peace for King Brind' Amour's newly liberated Eriador, as Avon's evil King Greensparrow breaks the truce with border massacres and demon sorcery. War is inevitable, but would be suicidal: even when allied with Dun-Darrow dwarfs, Fairborn elves, and the Riders of Eradoch, Luthien Bedwyr and his friends are hopelessly outmatched by Avon's Cyclopian legions. Meanwhile, Brind' Amour's magic must face the fiends of Avon's sorcerous dukes . . .

Battle will now be joined on mountain, plain, and swamp; on land, sea, and in the air – in a war of courage and dire wizardries. Yet in the end, all the valour and might of Eriador, all the daring of Luthien's magical alter ego, the Crimson Shadow, may not be enough to vanquish Greensparrow's ultimate weapon. For Greensparrow isn't merely allied with the hell-monster he plans to unleash it; Greensparrow 'is 'that vast and terrible being.

'Bob Salvatore is a writer to watch'
TERRY BROOKS

Edition details

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446517283
• ISBN 13: 9780446517287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344