The Adversary

Forgotten Realms: The Sundering, Book III

By: Erin M. Evans

Narrated by: Dina Pearlman

In this third book of the Sundering series kicked off by R.A. Salvatore and the dark elf Drizzt, SCRIBE award-winning author Erin M. Evans thrusts her signature character Farideh into a maelstrom of devilish politics and magical intrigue that will have far-reaching implications for the future of the Forgotten Realms.

As the chaos of the Sundering rages around her, young warlock Farideh faces a more personal turmoil wrought by a deal she made with a devil years ago. Hoping to protect her twin sister, she leaves everything she holds dear to assist a wizard in a scheme that pits the devils of the Nine Hells against the gods above.

But when Farideh casts the spell to enter the wizard’s remote mountaintop fortress, she picks up a stowaway - a Harper agent named Dahl who isn’t so inclined to follow devilish demands.

Dahl attempts to escape only to run into a village of odd people, lurking behind an impenetrable wall. Forced to gaze into the villagers’ souls, Farideh points out the ones who seem different, only to watch as the wizard’s guard carts them off to fates unknown. Are these villagers or prisoners? Are they blessed or doomed by the gods? As the wizard’s guessing game proves more and more diabolical, Farideh resolves to unravel his secrets - even if it means she’ll lose her own soul to the Nine Hells.

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Forgotten Realms grand stories a must read

I love the way they are not afraid to change the world its bold yet they do it with a story that u know will just keep the stories getting better and better

Finally the story gets going

A lot of learning to know the characters in previous books but this one makes me want to read the following immediately! Little hard with Dina as Narrator but she is better (or I accepted her voice).

Now I will buy the next :-)

Adolescent problems on a fantastical scale.

This book brings the adventures of Farideh into a more overarching Forgotten Realms context, but mainly keeps its focus on fantasy-altered teenage-drama, going from embarrassments to lifethreatning situations at a moments notice.
It is a good change from a setting standpoint, but on the character side of things, we only rarely get any of the fun character-moments from the earlier books, instead keeping things tense most of the time.
Particularly Lorcan isn't allowed to flex his more fun sides, which is a shame.

Action, Betryal, Mystery!

Loved this book the most so far. Cannot wait to find out what comes next!

Love this series!!

Can't wait to see the ending and the tie together for this series. love the inclusion of so many characters across this series.