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Night of the Hunter: Companions Codex, I

Night of the Hunter: Companions Codex, I

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  • Author：R.A. Salvatore
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Summary

With the Companions of the Hall gathered together once again， Drizzt Do'Urden thought he had shed the darkness around him。 But darkness does not easily let go。

Deep in the Demonweb Pits， MISTRESS of Lies， Lady of Shadows， the goddess Lolth screams her scorn。

Heeding her goddess' call， MATRON Mother Quenthel Baenre plots an epic scheme to break Drizzt in her heart and mind， a scheme that will shake Menzoberranzan's Council of Eight to its core。

Drawn back into the drow underworld against his will， ASSASSIN Artemis Entreri curses Drizzt's name， but finds he cannot forget the favors of his erstwhile foe。

Bound to rescue an old friend from a fate worse than death， ROGUE Drizzt has no choice but to lead the newly-reunited Companions into deeper darkness， down into the bowels of Gauntlgrym， down past the undead that haunt its halls， down through a new drow settlement， down into whatever trouble may come。

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Jason Kindle ，

BlahNothing memorable。 The felt like a filler book at best。 I know it’s transitional but it could at least be interesting…

Lucas MacKay ，

Lukewarm oatmeal wrapped in nostalgia。 Nothing new here。 Same old - same old paint by numbers plot and Marty Sue characters only made remotely interesting by my teenage history。 i know Forgotten Realms is a DnD setting， but I could almost hear the rolling dice when reading parts of this。

Gianfranco Mancini ，

I am not so self-centered as to believe that the world around me is created for me！ We all play such self-centered games at times， I suppose， but in this case， I will allow myself one moment of self-importance: to accept the reunion of the Companions of the Hall as a reward to me。Drizzt Do’Urden returns to Gauntlgrym with reborn Companions of the Hall by his side once again， as they seek to rescue old friends， allies and enemies， from the evil menace of the dark elves of Menzoberranzan。。。 again。 I am not so self-centered as to believe that the world around me is created for me！ We all play such self-centered games at times， I suppose， but in this case， I will allow myself one moment of self-importance: to accept the reunion of the Companions of the Hall as a reward to me。Drizzt Do’Urden returns to Gauntlgrym with reborn Companions of the Hall by his side once again， as they seek to rescue old friends， allies and enemies， from the evil menace of the dark elves of Menzoberranzan。。。 again。Quenthel gasped again as she peered into the box to see a withered head， split down the middle and somewhat stitched back together， a head she surely recognized， the split head of her long-dead mother！“What is that？” she asked， falling back in horror。 “You dare to blaspheme—”“To preserve，” Gromph corrected。Originality sailed far away from this first volume of the Companions Codex trilogy， 28th installment in the long spanning The Legend of Drizzt saga， and certain twists were far from unexpected for me（view spoiler）[: I was waiting for the Catti-brie vs Dahlia catfight since Drizzt's wife returned to life in previous book and Afafenfrere's feigning death was not surpring at all being that special ability a monk trademark one in Dungeons and Dragons rpg publication history since character first appeared in Blackmoor （Supplement 2） （1975） （hide spoiler）]。“Pwent，” Drizzt breathed， only then remembering the poor fellow。 He had found Pwent outside of Neverwinter， outside of Gauntlgrym， inflicted with vampirism， and had left the dwarf in a cave， awaiting the sunrise to end his curse。“What of him？” Catti-brie asked。“He’s in Gauntlgrym， killing drow，” said Bruenor。“That would make him happy，” Regis remarked， and then with surprise， breathlessly added， “Gauntlgrym？”Besides that， I'm more into grimdark than high fantasy genre now， but having been a D&D Dungeon Master for something like nearly 20 years of my life， it's always a pleasure for me to read  occasionally novels set into the Realms， Krynn， Ravenloft and more。Baenre’s smug smile mocked him。 Both she and Gromph imagined the tentacles of Methil crawling over the naked flesh of Minolin Fey-Branche， finding their way to the growing consciousness of the life inside her， imparting the memories and the sensibilities that Gromph had saved within the split skull of his dead mother。And R。 A。 Salvatore is still the Michael Bay of fantasy authors in my opinion， a sort of confort food when I just wanna turn off my brain and enjoy a swashbuckling adventure with great fight scenes and a familiar cast of main characters which I regard like a bunch of old true friends。“Ah， but the dwarves， always up for a toast，” Regis remarked， sitting in the corner at the back of the hall beside Wulfgar。Wulfgar gave him a wry smile， and said with sly irony， “You only live once。”“Twice，” Catti-brie corrected， and she slid into the chair between the two。“Aye，” Wulfgar agreed。 “And for some， it seems， it takes the second turn around to understand the joy of it。”Overall this was an entertaining first volume for me， not memorable at all， but still a good one hopefully setting up the stage for greater things to come。He turned to Drizzt and held up his huge hand， and Drizzt took it。“And you， my brother， my friend，” Wulfgar said。 “Do you fear my love for your wife？”Drizzt stared into Wulfgar’s eyes for a long time， and gradually his lips curled into a confident smile。 “No。”“I would never betray you，” Wulfgar said。Drizzt nodded。“Never，” Wulfgar said again。Onward to book two。["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]> 。。。more

Sarah Jewett ，

Twists & TurnsOooh！ Fun twist！With so many side stores to explore， how I love this world that Salvatore has allowed us to glimpse。

Dayna ，

Fun readI have been following Drizzt’s journey for many years and this story was another delightful adventure of the Companions of the Hall。

April ，

Hated it！

Neil Merryweather ，

Despite the previous book's plot contrivances， this book clips along at a great pace and tries to call back to previous books -which is both a positive and a negative。The book is definitely fun but it is hardly unique and still feels like it is treading the same path as previous books。That said I feel that this book is a high 3。 Despite the previous book's plot contrivances， this book clips along at a great pace and tries to call back to previous books -which is both a positive and a negative。The book is definitely fun but it is hardly unique and still feels like it is treading the same path as previous books。That said I feel that this book is a high 3。 。。。more

John Kemler ，

Incredibly interesting to see how Mielikki's plan came to fruition！ I enjoyed the Companion's new stories。 Each of their journeys and the end result。 Amazing writing as usual from R。A。 Incredibly interesting to see how Mielikki's plan came to fruition！ I enjoyed the Companion's new stories。 Each of their journeys and the end result。 Amazing writing as usual from R。A。 。。。more

Chris ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The companions of the hall came back as glorious as ever and we got more details on what the dark elves of Menzobb are up to！ Also very happy to see Wulfgar less tortured and whiny。 Cant wait to hear more of the next book！

Scott ，

The setup is the Companions of the Hall are back together and they think they might want to eliminate the orcs from the areas， wondering if they ever should have signed the peace agreement but first they need to tidy up old business ~ back to Gauntlgrym to find Thibbledorf Pwent and cure him of his vampirism。But things aren't that easy - Artemis and Dahlia and the rest of their group are having a hard time not getting caught and tortured by the Matron Mother of Menzoberranzan - yup the drow are The setup is the Companions of the Hall are back together and they think they might want to eliminate the orcs from the areas， wondering if they ever should have signed the peace agreement but first they need to tidy up old business ~ back to Gauntlgrym to find Thibbledorf Pwent and cure him of his vampirism。But things aren't that easy - Artemis and Dahlia and the rest of their group are having a hard time not getting caught and tortured by the Matron Mother of Menzoberranzan - yup the drow are back， the politics， backstabbing， fighting for power and of course picking up their old habit of being obsessed with Drizzt， the apostate that he is。This is a standard Salvatore book - great characters， better than average writing， great world。 For me this was a three star book because there was soooo much action， so much fighting and， yes， Salvatore does fight scenes better than anyone， but， you do need to spend some time on character development， plot and I could have used for some more plot and a little less action。 The best parts of the book were the political machinations of Menzoberranzan。 。。。more

Paulo De ，

I was a good story， but it is actually pretty much the same The Legacy's background。 To anyone who read that trilogy， this book has no surprise， even with the same characters reborn。 If the end of this series confirms The Legacy's reboot， then I can expect that Homecoming is just a reboot of Dark Elf trilogy。 I was a good story， but it is actually pretty much the same The Legacy's background。 To anyone who read that trilogy， this book has no surprise， even with the same characters reborn。 If the end of this series confirms The Legacy's reboot， then I can expect that Homecoming is just a reboot of Dark Elf trilogy。 。。。more

Hayley Pugh ，

Shit's getting real。 Shit's getting real。 。。。more

Ryan ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I liked this one， and I bought it in hardcover before reading it。 I own all of the Legend of Drizzt books in hardcover because I’m such a huge fan。 I’m glad the Companions of the Hall are back。 This was an enjoyable story， and it meant a lot to me that they went to rescue Entreri。First， I’m having trouble keeping track of all these characters and names， especially the “evil” ones。 In my opinion， the matron mother intrigue is played out。 I know they’re all back-stabbers and power-seekers， and I f I liked this one， and I bought it in hardcover before reading it。 I own all of the Legend of Drizzt books in hardcover because I’m such a huge fan。 I’m glad the Companions of the Hall are back。 This was an enjoyable story， and it meant a lot to me that they went to rescue Entreri。First， I’m having trouble keeping track of all these characters and names， especially the “evil” ones。 In my opinion， the matron mother intrigue is played out。 I know they’re all back-stabbers and power-seekers， and I frankly don’t care anymore。The contrast of the main characters， secondary characters and antagonist characters kind of felt a little stark in this one。All these secondary and antagonist characters take away from the old friends who just came back from the dead， I want to spend more time with them。 You’ve got a small circle of characters who are truly relevant and likeable， and they get this scene and that scene and then you’ve got what amount to NPCs that take up like half the book！My second issue is that it feels sort of like a comic book series。 NOBODY DIES， or they don’t stay dead！The Companions are one thing。。 I am glad they’re back， and I’m excited to see the reason why。However， as a reader， I want to be able to let go。I’m here for Drizzt （who barely got any lines since we’re so preoccupied with other characters） and I came back to these books for Bruenor， Catti-brie， Wulfgar， and Regis。 I just want more of them and less of everyone else。Sorry to be a demanding dick with this review。 I just love the Legend of Drizzt series， I’ve read them all， and this book left me a little disappointed。Regardless of my criticism （think I’ve got cabin fever， sorry again）， I already own the next book in the series and will follow Drizzt and the Companions to the end 💜❤️🧡💛💙🖤 。。。more

Len ，

Some unexpected turn of events and more action as well。 I appreciated how the old companions blended well with the newer ones， something that was unimaginable for me at first。

Aileen Dodge ，

A very interesting and surprising change of the storyline！ So as you read this series， as with most series you begin to develop a sense of comfort for the expected storyline。 Well， without giving away to much in this series you must remember that the series is not solely about Dritz。 So keeping that in mind I warn the reader to not get comfortable in thinking you know how this series storyline will travel。 Because unless you're the author you don't and as you continue to read this series you wil A very interesting and surprising change of the storyline！ So as you read this series， as with most series you begin to develop a sense of comfort for the expected storyline。 Well， without giving away to much in this series you must remember that the series is not solely about Dritz。 So keeping that in mind I warn the reader to not get comfortable in thinking you know how this series storyline will travel。 Because unless you're the author you don't and as you continue to read this series you will find yourself pleasantly surprised。 。。。more

Sean ，

In some ways， this is a continuation of the previous novels， a series with dozens of novels in it。 Still， this book is a little more straightforward than the prior series， with just the drow serving as the bad guys this time。 Of course， with all the disunity amongst the drow， their failure is inevitable， but at least there are many interesting characters along the way。 This book features Icewind Dale， Luskan， Port Llast， Longsaddle， and Gauntlgrym; locations D&D players may visit in their own ad In some ways， this is a continuation of the previous novels， a series with dozens of novels in it。 Still， this book is a little more straightforward than the prior series， with just the drow serving as the bad guys this time。 Of course， with all the disunity amongst the drow， their failure is inevitable， but at least there are many interesting characters along the way。 This book features Icewind Dale， Luskan， Port Llast， Longsaddle， and Gauntlgrym; locations D&D players may visit in their own adventures。 。。。more

Jake ，

Great action。 BUT - all those characters and many houses。。。too much work to be completely enjoyable。

Drizztl ，

6。5/10

Robert ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 （Full Disclosure: Only after writing this review did I realize I missed the preceding book The Last Threshold， though I did read The Companions。 This stuff's hard to keep track of！）Reading R。A。 "Bob" Salvatore's Drizzt books was such a joy during my childhood and adolescence， and I continue returing to the that well now that I am well into my *ahem* fifth decade of life。As an interesting reflection of our Social Media age， part of the reason I have returned to the long-running Legend of Drizzt s （Full Disclosure: Only after writing this review did I realize I missed the preceding book The Last Threshold， though I did read The Companions。 This stuff's hard to keep track of！）Reading R。A。 "Bob" Salvatore's Drizzt books was such a joy during my childhood and adolescence， and I continue returing to the that well now that I am well into my *ahem* fifth decade of life。As an interesting reflection of our Social Media age， part of the reason I have returned to the long-running Legend of Drizzt series set in the Dungeon's and Dragons setting of The Forgotten Realms is how I have been able to ascertain firsthand that the writer is a genuinely good person and keen observer of current events。I enjoyed the "Far Out-ness" of the reincarnation plotline of the previous installation， The Companions， in which the author cleverly did a 180 on literally decades of previous published materials to get the band back together in a new， updated format to do some hardcore adventuring in a much-changed world。So I was ready for a bold new direction this book。。。and in many ways it delivered， but still there was a bit too much cleaving to the well-trodden path。 As always I enjoyed Salvatore's gonzo battle scenes and the nonstop intriguing amongst rival factions of Dark Elves was kept to an acceptable level reminiscent of the truly staggering original Dark Elf trilogy。What I didn't like was the repeated escapes from certain death by characters both major and minor。 Which I know is quite a lot to say about a book stemming entirely from a bunch of characters getting hand-wavingly resurrected but STILL！ I was at least hoping that the monk character was proper dead because， well， fighting with bare hands and feet against hordes of plate armoured baddies always struck me as pretty stupid no matter how badass you are。。。but， no， he was faking it all along。 Makes me think of this line from the original X-Men film:Also， I remember Drizzt's 'Hunter' persona very well from his youth in self-exile in the Underdark when he had virtually gone feral， buuuut there wasn't much， if any， connection to that here， 100 and more years on from that timeframe。 Instead an （admittedly） rad title gets wasted on a book that was more about a series of rescue missions and intrigues than anything else。Still， I've heard nothing but glowing things about books much further on in this series so I will carry on and hope for some truly jaw-dropping happenings before all is said and done。 The last scene definites piques my interest as I'm pretty sure having the body of your psycho ex possessed by your long-dead abusive parent is pretty high on most people's nightmare lists。 。。。more

Keith Edward ，

A rollercoaster indeedThis was the beginning to a fantastic series with lots of character growth to the companions of the ball plus meeting up with old companions as well。 The gods finally show their first moves and looking forward to the next novel！

Csaba Kapus ，

Companions are together again， and they are better then ever。 Fighting against old enemies。 Saving old friends。 It was a good story， time to continue。

Bohdan Smith ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 As much as I’ve heard others didn’t like that Salvatore just undid all the companions deaths to bring them back， it’s enjoyable to have them back。 It’s definitely more fun reading about the companions of the hall than Drizzt alone or Drizzt with any of the others he ended around。 The ending has quite the hook to make me want to continue too。 Since I don’t have the next book yet I’ve started the War of the Spider Queen series to learn a bit more about the history of some of the drow characters th As much as I’ve heard others didn’t like that Salvatore just undid all the companions deaths to bring them back， it’s enjoyable to have them back。 It’s definitely more fun reading about the companions of the hall than Drizzt alone or Drizzt with any of the others he ended around。 The ending has quite the hook to make me want to continue too。 Since I don’t have the next book yet I’ve started the War of the Spider Queen series to learn a bit more about the history of some of the drow characters that have been in and out of the last number of books。 I’m interested to see the continuation of some of the other characters plot lines。 Regis/Spider’s return to the west。 Catti-Brie’s connection to the Netheril， Bruenor’s return to deal with the kingdom of Many-Arrows。 。。。more

Pete Isenberg ，

Good， though not his best。

Gustavo ，

volver a las básico con la misma fórmula de siempre， pero esta vez más leído el manual del jugador。 entretenida y de rápida lectura aunque al principio medio denso como siempre Salvatore deja lo más disfrutable para el final。

Louis Norton ，

When I started this book， I found it a little bit tiring because the drow scenes felt like too much of an "echo" of earlier stories。 However， as it progressed it improved and by the end， I was enjoying it as much as prior novels in the series。 It's nice that Salvatore chose to make the reincarnated Regis a more "useful" character - maybe this is in keeping with the new class balance in 5E， and Wulfgar overall is more likable now as well。 There are still a lot of characters to fit into one story， When I started this book， I found it a little bit tiring because the drow scenes felt like too much of an "echo" of earlier stories。 However， as it progressed it improved and by the end， I was enjoying it as much as prior novels in the series。 It's nice that Salvatore chose to make the reincarnated Regis a more "useful" character - maybe this is in keeping with the new class balance in 5E， and Wulfgar overall is more likable now as well。 There are still a lot of characters to fit into one story， but overall if you liked the prior books， you will like this one as well。 。。。more

Thomas Olivent ，

Again， not sure Salvatore is actually writing these at this point。 Combat is still on point， but the story seems to be getting much better。

nonserviam ，

Companions of the Hall'un gereksiz ve zorlama ölümü， Salvatore'un yeni karakter yaratma denemeleri （ve bu konuda hayli başarısız olduğunu keşfetmesi） ve ölümlerinden iki kat zorlama tekrar doğuşları sonrası biraz daha tempolu， en azından okunabilir bir seyre bürünüyor hikaye。 Entreri ve şürekası ile Companions'ın yolları Gauntlgrym'de birleşirken， drowlar da the Darkening için hazırlanıyor。Serinin bu kitabı da vasat ancak en azından son 3 kitaptır boyunca devam eden yavanlıklardan bir miktar arı Companions of the Hall'un gereksiz ve zorlama ölümü， Salvatore'un yeni karakter yaratma denemeleri （ve bu konuda hayli başarısız olduğunu keşfetmesi） ve ölümlerinden iki kat zorlama tekrar doğuşları sonrası biraz daha tempolu， en azından okunabilir bir seyre bürünüyor hikaye。 Entreri ve şürekası ile Companions'ın yolları Gauntlgrym'de birleşirken， drowlar da the Darkening için hazırlanıyor。Serinin bu kitabı da vasat ancak en azından son 3 kitaptır boyunca devam eden yavanlıklardan bir miktar arınabilmiş。 İki kaşık Menzoberranzan entrikası， bir tutam dwarf şakası， olmazsa olmaz Cattie-Brie embesilliği ile devam ediyor。 Elbette yine kitabın %60ı combat， adam bundan para kazanıyor， o konuda yapılacak bir şey yok artık。 。。。more

Dani （The Pluviophile Writer） ，

“Is that not the whole point of gaining experience， to use it to make wiser choices， to temper destructive instincts， to find better resolutions？”3/5 stars。ebook， 410 pages。Read from September 4， 2019 to September 11， 2019。Review at The Pluviophile Writer: https://bit。ly/35qEgEDYou know， I never thought I'd make this far into the series。 I really should slow down the rate I'm reading this series as I know I'll mourn not being able to fall back onto these new adventures when I need to escape real “Is that not the whole point of gaining experience， to use it to make wiser choices， to temper destructive instincts， to find better resolutions？”3/5 stars。ebook， 410 pages。Read from September 4， 2019 to September 11， 2019。Review at The Pluviophile Writer: https://bit。ly/35qEgEDYou know， I never thought I'd make this far into the series。 I really should slow down the rate I'm reading this series as I know I'll mourn not being able to fall back onto these new adventures when I need to escape reality。 Though it has probably been more than a decade since I read the first book so at least I can look forward to re-reading it。After a miraculous rejoining， The Companions must return to Gauntlgrym to help their old friend Pwent escape the curse of his vampirism。 Bruenor is also convinced that he erred in his previous life and that making a truce with the orcs was a big mistake。 Everyone else seems to agree too， though Drizzt only reluctantly because there isn't much that he wouldn't for his friends。 Artemis and Dahlia have also found themselves wrapped up in Gauntlgrym too unfortunately so have the major houses of the dark elves。 The dark elves are plotting something big as they scheme over Gauntlgrym and of course， themselves， in order to please and understand their chaotic goddess， Lloth。I have to say， I am surprised that Bruenor is going to go after the orcs again and that everyone seems to be on board with the idea。 It just doesn't seem like something these wholesome characters would do but maybe they're right， that the orcs are just biding their time to attack。。。regardless， Salvatore is going to have to do a lot more to convince me that this isn't out of character for the companions and that it's a smart decision going forward in the next few books。 I also have to say， I really enjoy this laidback version of Wulfgar as he has shed all the burdens and seriousness of his past life he finally has a chance to live his best life in this one。I did enjoy that a good portion of this book focuses on some of the big houses in the dark elf realm as it made for an especially gruesome and exciting read because the creatures of the Underdark are always nightmarish to envision。 I'm interested to see what direction the plot takes next and hope that there are few twists and turns with the anticipation of Bruneor eventually returning to Mithral Hall。 Overall， another solid Salvatore read。 Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Website 。。。more

Kambrie Williams ，

This had a great beginning I think， but a slower middle-end。 It lost my interest and took me longer to finish until I got to the last 70ish pages， which pulled me back in。 I continue to love the dynamic between Drizzt and Entreri， and continue to question why anyone likes Dahlia。 Also a really intriguing ending！

Brandon Barney ，

This was a very enjoyable， solid story。 I feel like the Drow society is the element of the Forgotton Realms D&D world that Salvatore does best。 So those books where they play a part are always a cut above the rest for me。 It almost makes me not twitch each time he says "600 pounds of panther。" He also did a good job of addressing the changes that the Companions of the Hall have gone through with their new lives I thought。 This was a very enjoyable， solid story。 I feel like the Drow society is the element of the Forgotton Realms D&D world that Salvatore does best。 So those books where they play a part are always a cut above the rest for me。 It almost makes me not twitch each time he says "600 pounds of panther。" He also did a good job of addressing the changes that the Companions of the Hall have gone through with their new lives I thought。 。。。more

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