Review – The Thousand Orcs by R.A. Salvatore (4/5 stars)

The Thousand Orcs is the first book in The Hunter’s Blades trilogy. The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy follows Drizzt and his companions starting where the Paths of Darkness series left off. Although I have the collector’s edition with the whole trilogy of the books in it, I decided to review the books separately.

Bruenor and company are on a trek to Mithril Hall where Bruenor is to be crowned king. Wanting one last adventure before he is stuck on the throne in Mithril Hall, Bruenor decides to go after some orcs that have been causing trouble throughout the countryside. Bruenor and company quickly find out that the orc trouble is far more extensive than they originally thought.

This book was basically what you would expect from R. A. Salvatore. So with that in mind, if you like Drizzt and his friends and in general like R. A. Salvatore then you should read this book. On a side note though there are some good and bad things about this book.

Good
– Excellent action scenes, just like you would expect from Salvatore.
– Good character development between Cattie-Brie and Drizzt.
– It was interesting to learn more about the frost giants.
– All-in-all a good old classic dungeons and dragons type tale.
– Drizzt’s introspective interludes are interesting as always (if a bit predictable)

Bad
– The books ends without any wrapping up. Many of the characters are in the middle of literally running for their lives.
– A number of well-liked secondary characters are killed without even a backward glance.
– I got a bit sick of Drizzt *still* whining about how awful he felt for killing Le’Lorinel (I think that’s how it’s spelled) in the last book.

All in all I got what I expected and wanted out of this book. I think if I hadn’t had the whole trilogy I would’ve been a bit peeved at how this book ended.

Here is a link to the trilogy on amazon: