War stories from the battlefields of Faerûn!The millennia-old history of Faerûn is punctuated by wars both local and world-spanning. This anthology of all new stories are set against the backdrop of a dozen of those conflicts. From forest elf assassins to jungle-dwelling halflings, from the mighty Seven Sisters to primitive goblins, warriors in every form struggle for their place in the Forgotten Realms world.Realms of War is an anthology of all new war stories from The New York Times best-selling authors R.A. Salvatore, Paul S. Kemp, Elaine Cunningham, and Lisa Smedman; Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood; fan favorites Richard Lee Byers, Mel Odom, Bruce R. Cordell, and Jess Lebow; and talented newcomers Mark Sehestedt, Jaleigh Johnson, and Susan Morris.

Erevis CaleThe loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret.Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevrens in jeopardy. Erevis must finally prove his loyalty  to the city and to the Uskevrens.He won't get a second chance.

In the 2nd book of the multi-author Sundering series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, the shadow legacy of Erevis Cale lives on even as his old foe Mephistopheles seeks to stamp it out at any cost. Cale’s son Vasen—unmoored in time by the god Mask—has thus far been shielded from the archdevil’s dark schemes, alone among the servants of the Lord of Light who have raised him since birth. Living in a remote abbey nestled among the Thunder Peaks of Sembia, Vasen is haunted by dreams of his father, trapped in the frozen hell of Cania. He knows the day will come when he must assume his role in the divine drama unfolding across Faerûn. But Vasen knows not what that role should be . . . or whether he is ready to take it on. He only knows what his father tells him in dreams—that he must not fail. Enter Drasek Riven, a former compatriot of Erevis Cale, now near divine and haunted by dreams of his own—he too knows the time to act is near. Shar, the great goddess of darkness, looks to cast her shadow on the world forever. Riven has glimpsed the cycle of night she hopes to complete, and he knows she must be stopped. At the crossroads of divine intrigue and mortal destiny, unlikely heroes unite to thwart the powers of shadow and hell, and the sundering of worlds is set on its course.

If you love spending time in the Forgotten Realms then there is no reason I can think of why you wouldn't love the Erevis Cale Trilogy. Many people in the Forgotten Realms Facebook Group consider this series to be among the best in this crazy magic-filled world. For me what sets The Realms apart from other worlds is its copious amounts of magic - there's a spell for everything and a dweomer for everyone. If you haven't spent time in The Realms you might find all this sorcery a tad indulgent on the part of the writer, but this is not the case - this world just happens to be a bit over-the-top, and for me, it's a perfect fit. I love the wands. And I love traveling between planes. Because this world and its magic system are so established, you have a lot of resources at your fingertips if you get lost or confused - the Forgotten Realms Wiki on Fandom for instance. And the character development does not suffer - I teared up plenty - the friendships were as real and meaningful as anywhere else. The odd-couple pairing of Cale and Riven was well-executed and I will never forget them. They reminded me of Hadrian and Royce from Michael Sullivan's Ryria series - or rather, the other way around because Erevis Cale came first! Kemp is a master storyteller and an adept writer. He seems to always find just the write words and phrases. I found myself looking up words that I had never heard of and yet they always perfectly fit the context. I can see why writers hold him in such high regard - this reader certainly does. And the good news is there's another series with Erevis Cale - The Twighlight War series.

3.0/5If you think this is a 5 star book, you've been reading the wrong fantasy books -- perhaps the wrong books in general.Spoiler: Set your standards higher, please.I understand rating books is subjective. With each book one finishes a person can't help but compare it to their personal reading history. I'm sure your total number of books conquered is different from mine, as is the genre composition of those books. Many Goodreaders rating "Twilight Falling" read HEAVILY D&amp;D Forgotten Realms novels or niche, obscure, pulpy paperbacks. I know this because I checked their profiles to find out what some of them have been reading to better understand people's tastes and the high rating. The overwhelming number of you giving this 5s suggests to me a severe lack of quality and variety in your fiction consumption. I was right, I realized, when I checked your books. Yes, I'm casting judgement, and yes, it is bright in my shiny tower.Having said this, I didn't hate anything about this book. It was good. I'd recommend it to fantasy gluttons, but to someone who just dabbles in fantasy? No. Some things just didn't deliver as well as they could have, and ultimately made me shrug, wince, roll my eyes, or say "oh, well." Some stuff works competently in "Twilight Falling" while other stuff feels like above average fan fiction. Yes, that's a backhanded compliment.If this is the best Forgotten Realms has to offer from the past decade and a half -- as some of you have suggested -- it's no wonder science fiction and fantasy doesn't get respect and is often tucked away in the corners of libraries.Books like this (directly related to tabletop gaming and steeped in years of fictional mythos) has an elitist readership to me -- and strange ones they often are. I got on the SF/F bandwagon late in life, about the age of 24, and I've been made to feel like an outsider by many purists online. How's that for irony: I feel outside from the outsiders. They say I don't "get something" or don't "understand" why their paid-by-the-word, anti-literature books aren't immaculate golden peaches. These books can be fun books, but the vast majority of science fiction and fantasy titles today are rarely award-winners and not always finishable. It's frustrating as someone who genuinely tries to enjoy these books to be frequently stunned by a community going ape-shit for an average as hell book. It stuns me. Confuses me.In the end, you think I'm dumb and should stay away from your precious books and I think you're dumb and are weirder than me (which I thought was impossible). Only one of us can be right.In addition: Many books in series like these -- Forgotten Realms and otherwise -- have no good starting place or jumping on point. I'm often being told, in person or in threads, that there is something else I "should" have read first, and worse, the series "gets really good" in book 3. "Just keep reading," they say, even if you didn't love the first book. Man, I hate that. Don't you respect yourself and your time? Are you a glutton for punishment? What kind of standards do you have that you'd read one or more "okay" books before the story "really comes together and is worth it"? Life is short.Get out of here with your 5 Stars. And please stop reinforcing the stereotypes I've listed above. Speak clearly, don't dress like Harry Dresden, Buy new shoes after two years, learn to read civilization's basic social cues when people are trying to stop you from talking, change up your deodorant once in a while, don't wear red contacts in your eyes and expect people not to react, and for the love of god, don't get mad when someone doesn't understand your funny reference to a game they've never heard of; or don't appreciate the symbol of some "clan" on your T-shirt you bought online. (I've met all these people, at colleges, in libraries, and at Barnes and Nobles.)Don't be an elitist fantasy nerd. Join the world. And from my high tower, I decree the following: please read a better variety.Paul S. Kemp is a take it or leave it fantasy author in a ballpark full of 'em.Man, this review makes me sound like a super dick. But seriously, stop reading R.A. Salvatore.(Or read whatever you want. Fuck it, right? What do I know?)3.0/5MH

The invasion of the arch-wizards is on! The archwizards of Shade Enclave have come out of the desert with a message of peace, and an act of war. Split by petty disputes and causeless feuds, the merchant realm of Sembia is wide open for invasion, and with no shortage of Sembians more than happy to sell out to the Shadovar, can only one man--even if that man is Erevis Cale--do anything to stop it?

From the mean streets of Sembia ...Erevis Cale might just seem like just another loyal butler for just another wealthy family in the merchant realm of Sembia, but he has always been a whole lot more than that. When the world itself is threatened, Erevis Cale takes it personally, and takes the fight all the way to the Plane of Shadow.This massive trade paperback omnibus edition collects Twilight Falling, Dawn of Night, and Midnight's Mask into one book.

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