The forgotten Realms series of books are plain awesome. They are hands down my favorite fantasy books and this triology is no exception. Read the series! If your a fantasy fan you wont regret it.

This was the first Fantasy series I ever started reading. I say started because I couldn't get ahold of the last two books for months so I read the Cronicles for DL in between. "Homeland" the first book in the series was more that just a good book. As you flip through the pages you feel like you are in the book, a small hidden charater who watched everything go on. You picture what each charater looks like in vivid detail. Salvatore does a fantastic job of conveying the whole feel of the underdark. The second and third books were equally as compelling, when I finally got to read them. If you have ever read any fantasy and even slightly liked it and haven't read the Dark Elf Trilogy then you have missed something special, buy this book and read it, you will not be sorry.

This was my first novel by R.A. Salvatore and I have to confess that this was a very entertaining read. The author did a great job creating the world in which Drizzt lived and grew up in. It was more convincing than I would have originally thought. In fact, I confess that I bought this more on whim and wasn't sure that I'd enjoy it. Fantasy is not always my bag but this was a nice surprise. I'm going to have to give other novels by the author a try. And since this was 3 novels in one, I did get to enjoy an extended trek with the character. I would definitely recommend this for someone wanting a fantasy novel.

Poorly written, re-hashed "high" fantasy garbage. There are no themes here that haven't been explored better by other authors. Throwing mounds of banal prose at a subject won't improve the subject. If you like reading junk, this is for you.

If you are looking to escape the realities of every day life, and find new characters that take you away to new worlds, read this book. It is the first (written second, but first in the timeline of the life of main character) of the series that takes you through countless adventures with many new races, creatures and worlds.You will want it to never end for fear that a part of you will be lost.

If you are new to the Forgotten Realms, or just hungry to enter this forbidden world again after your AD&D adventures, or, as in my case played Baldurs Gate, and wanted to know more about the Dark Elf who makes an entertaining showing halfway through the game, then this is the book for you. I started to read this book on the train trip to work and after not reading for many years found myself once again immersed in a book and the world created by R.A. Salvatore. Written as a prequel to the Icewind Dale Triogy, it is a very good place to start in the dark and entertaining world of the Dark Elf, However be warned, You too will be become hooked, perhapes even as I have becoming an avid reader again.