Book number 535 of my Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Project
I needed a book about a swordsman for a reading challenge, so I decided to read the next Drizzt book in my SFF project. Accordingly, Drizzt wields Twinkle and Icing Death (his scimitars, even though they sound like cake decorating tools) on behalf of Captain Deudermont and the town of Luskan against the Wizards who control both the city and the pirate forces all along the coast.
I've lost my taste for fantasy battles so I was less than enthusiastic about this plot line. At the beginning of the book, Drizzt and his halfling chum Regis set out from Mithril Hall to travel to Icewind Dale to check in with Wulfgar. They stop in Luskan to visit their friend Deudermont and feel obliged to help his cause. My major complaint is a severe lack of Drizzt during many, many pages of writing--he's MIA for much of the first half of the novel, just showing up to make reasonable comments on the aims of the battle. It's largely a fight between wizards, not swordsmen, so the absence of the dark elf is understandable if disappointing. I found myself wishing that they had stayed on track for Icewind Dale.
At last, fifty percent of the way through this very long novel, Drizzt and Regis head out for Icewind Dale. Unfortunately they do not linger there--it's back to Luskan for more tiresome battles. At at least Drizzt gets to twirl those scimitars! OMG, this was a long feeling book, but at least the second half seemed to go a bit faster. I'm uncertain whether I can abide any more of this series, but I will surely not read any more of them this year.
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