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The Crystal Shard is a 1988 fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore. The first book in The Icewind Dale Trilogy , it was his first published novel. Plot summary
The Crystal Shard (1988); Streams of Silver (1989); The Halfling's Gem (1990); In later years, these and other books featuring the character Drizzt Do'Urden have been rebranded as installments of The Legend of Drizzt, and such publications of the Icewind Dale Trilogy are identified on their covers as books IV, V, and VI of that series.
He wrote his first published novel, The Crystal Shard, in just two months, and TSR published it in 1988. [ 12 ] [ 4 ] [ 13 ] Salvatore's Icewind Dale trilogy ( The Crystal Shard , Streams of Silver , and The Halfling's Gem ) was a huge hit, with over 1.5 million copies sold of the first two novels, and the third book hitting The New York Times ...
The Crystal Shard: 1988: 1351: 1356: R. A. Salvatore-The Legend of Drizzt ... Each novel in the series is written by a different author with Salvatore overseeing the ...
The Legend of Drizzt is a series of fantasy novels by R. A. Salvatore that began in 1988, [1] [2] and consists of 39 books as of August 15, 2023. [citation needed] They are based in the Forgotten Realms setting in the dimension of Abeir-Toril on the continent Faerûn in the Dungeons & Dragons universe currently published and owned by Wizards of the Coast.
Salvatore created Drizzt on the spur of the moment. [7] He was under pressure to create a sidekick for Wulfgar in the Icewind Dale series. [1] Salvatore had sent an early version of The Crystal Shard (what would become his first published novel) to TSR, and one day Kirchoff called him. She was on her way to a marketing meeting concerning the ...
As described in The Crystal Shard in almost medical terms, [5]: 66 Wulfgar is roughly 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), blond-haired and blue-eyed (common for the barbarian tribes he hails from), and developed his awesomely muscled physique when he was in servitude to the dwarf Bruenor Battlehammer for five years—working alongside dwarves, who are renowned for being tireless.
Following the events of The Crystal Shard, Bruenor leads his friends Drizzt Do'Urden, the barbarian Wulfgar, and a surprisingly enthusiastic Regis, on a quest to reclaim Mithril Hall, the ancient stronghold of his clan.