• The Silent Blade

  • Legend of Drizzt: Paths of Darkness, Book 1
  • By: R. A. Salvatore
  • Narrated by: Victor Bevine
  • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,152 ratings)

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The Silent Blade

By: R. A. Salvatore
Narrated by: Victor Bevine
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Publisher's summary

Can the Crystal Shard be destroyed at last? Drizzt is determined to destroy the evil Crystal Shard, and seeks out the help of the scholar-priest Cadderly. But instead, his worst fears are realized, and Crenshinibon falls into the hands of the dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle and his unlikely ally Artemis Entreri.

The Silent Blade is the book that brought Drizzt back to the Realms, and was a New York Times best seller on its initial release - and has been in print every day since. Like the rest of the Legend of Drizzt(R) reissues, The Silent Blade features beautiful new cover art by award-winning illustrator Todd Lockwood.

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Another Awesome Adventure

A triple 'A' title all the way! I started this journey from the very first Drizzt book and with each one I listen to everything just keeps getting better and I keep getting more enthralled and sucked into this incredibly wondrous world. Practically every character that gets written in becomes someone you want to keep track of and remember, there's not that many books I've read or listened to that I can say that about.

If your wanting a lasting read and you can't wait to get your next fix because it's just that good these books are just the ticket!

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Back on track

I was a bit worried from the last book that this series may have hit a peak a few books back. The silent blade showed there is still much left to do.

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Loved it!

Absolutely Captivating! I've read the books, but it is a whole new experience listening to it!

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amazing

I love the book and the narrator did an amazing job with the different tones and voices for characters that delved me deep into the story

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excellence

loved it as much as the other books in the series. Salvatore writes great combat scenes.

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great

truly enjoy this book series looking forward to listening to the rest of it. greatly

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Leave Out Wulfgar

As much as I like the Companions of the Hall, I really hate the way that R A Salvatore branched off on Wulfgar. I really don't care if he was corrupted in the abyss. I really don't care how he learns to cope with his PTSD. I really don't care about Wulfgar! I would rather that he had been killed off by the Handmaiden of Lolth and then that would have been the end of that, very heroic ending, we all mourned, goodbye Wulfgar. {snore}
The rest of the book was great, however. Can't get enough of the Drow, Jarlaxle, Artemis Email, etc. etc.

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Great characters

The characters all feel very fleshed out, from hopes and aspirations to lows and desperations we all feel throughout life.

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Great series

I was disappointed when I finished all of the good Dragonlance books until I found these. I had always meant to read them, just never got to it. The narrator is very good and easy to hear and understand as well.

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excellent

I loved this entire series since the very first book I've listened to. I think Victor does a wonderful job near reading the story and put such great emphasis on each character it is obvious that he takes great pride in what he does. r.a.salvatore I believe is a wonderful author and he created a marvelous series that very paul you in to the adventures of the companions of the hall. It very much brings me back to my days when I first read Dragonlance and the adventures of those companions

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