The Legend of Drizzt

R. A. Salvatore's long-running saga of the renegade drow.

The Legend of Drizzt is R. A. Salvatore's series of Forgotten Realms novels, begun in 1988, that had grown to 39 books by August 2023. It gathers The Dark Elf Trilogy, The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Legacy of the Drow, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy and later sets under one name.

Quick Facts

Author: R. A. Salvatore
Began: 1988
Books: 39 (as of August 2023)
Hero: Drizzt Do'Urden

Facts from the source article.

Background

Most of the books follow Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow, or dark elf, who refuses the cruelty of his people and leaves their Underdark nation behind with only his swords and his nerve. On the surface he meets suspicion everywhere because of his race, until he finds friends who see his good heart, and together they stand against the enemies who threaten his new home. The collected editions number the earlier novels in the order of Drizzt's life rather than the order they were first published, and the first six had never before appeared in hardcover.