"The Devil You Know" Part 9 is in 1400 DR
"The Devil You Know" Part 10 is in 1408 DR
"Gauntlgrym" of The Neverwinter Saga (Written by R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1409 DR)
Story synopsis: When one of his oldest friends, Bruenor Battlehammer, chooses to spend his final days searching for the fabled dwarf kingdom of Gauntlgrym, Drizzt readily agrees. But before Drizzt and Bruenor even get close to finding the lost city, the dwarf assassin Athrogate, black-widow elf Dahlia, and Drizzt's old nemesis Jarlaxle stumble upon it first. In their search for riches and magic, the three treasure hunters inadvertently set into motion a catastrophe that could spell disaster for the unsuspecting people of the city of Neverwinter—a catastrophe big enough to even send the mercenary Jarlaxle into risking his own coin and skin to stop it. Unfortunately, the more they uncover about the secret of Gauntlgrym, the more it looks like they can't stop the impending disaster on their own. They'll need help, and from the last people they ever thought to fight alongside again: Drizzt and Bruenor.
Drizzt joins these new companions with a conflicted heart. The promise of adventure appeals to a primal part of him. But his lust for battle is growing stronger. Is he really no different from any other dark elf? If he loses the last of his trusted companions, will his drow nature claim him at last? Will his new companions lead him into temptation or deliver him from his darkest desires?
https://www.amazon.com/Gauntlgrym-N...;qid=1562691174&s=gateway&sr=8-5
"Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale" (A game developed by Bedlam Games, playable on PlayStation 3 (downloadable via PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (downloadable via Xbox Live Arcade), and Microsoft Windows (downloadable via Steam)) (1420 DR)
Story synopsis: In Daggerdale, a region in the Dalelands on the continent of Faerûn, the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim attempt to invade and conquer the Dalelands from the Tower of the Void and the Mines of Tethyamar. A small group of adventurers are charged with the task of restoring order to the Dalelands by unlocking the secrets of the Mines of Tethyamar, defeating the evil within the treacherous Tower of the Void, leading to the final confrontation with Rezlus himself.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/99100/Dungeons_and_Dragons_Daggerdale/
"To Legend He Goes" of The Legend of Drizzt Anthology (By R.A. Salvatore) (1439 DR)
Story synopsis: Wulfgar is now an 100 year old frail old man—in the Tribe of the Elk in Icewind Dale, and his time is ending.
Fun fact: Wulfgar was born in the year 1339 DR.
"The Devil You Know" Part 11 is in 1441 DR
"The Godborn" of The Sundering Saga (By Paul S. Kemp) (begins in 1450 DR)
Story synopsis: 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.
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.
https://www.amazon.com/Godborn-Sund...;qid=1562691279&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Sandstorm" continues in 1450 DR, the Second Era of Skyfire ends
"Dawnbringer" (Written by Samantha Henderson) (begins in 1460 DR and believe it or not, ends in 1600 DR!) Amazing, isn't it?! This novel jumps 121 years from the 4th edition setting to a time beyond 5th edition!!!
Story synopsis: Two Households Both Alike in Dignity
Two devas, angels given mortal flesh, are sent to guard two star-crossed lovers, born scions of rival merchant houses. The devas have worked together through countless cycles of reincarnation, guarding each other's backs as they pursue justice.
Break from Ancient Grudge into New Mutiny
At first, it looks as though love will conquer all, and the rift between the rival houses will finally be mended. But there are those who hate the word peace with a passion so great that it poisons everything they touch, turning house against house, mother against child, and deva against deva.
Leaving Even Angels' Hands Unclean
https://www.amazon.com/Dawnbringer-...;qid=1562691412&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Devil You Know" Part 12 is in 1460 DR
"Gauntylgrym" of the Neverwinter Saga ends in 1462 DR
"Neverwinter Tales" comic book series issues 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (Written by R.A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore, published by IDW Publishing, cover art by Gonzalo Flores, interior art by Augustin Padilla, Jose Avilles, Tim Seeley, Leonard O'Grady, and Gonzalo Flores) (1462 DR)
Story synopsis: Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor'crae factor into the mystery.
Fun fact: This comic book series takes place not long after "Gauntlgrym" ends, starring Drizzt, Dahlia Sin'felle, and Valindra Shadowmantle who previously appeared in Neverwinter Nights is one of the characters in this story
Issue 1: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy
Issue 2: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 3: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 4: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 5: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
"The Companions" of The Sundering Saga (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1463 DR) (Drizzt's deceased companions Bruenor, Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar and Regis begin to reincarnate in this story)
Story synopsis: As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life--the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.
https://www.amazon.com/Companions-S...;qid=1562691628&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Last Legend of Gedrin Shadowbane" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (Flamerule (July), 1463 DR)
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/GedrinShadowbane.pdf
Realms of the Dead book "The Resurrection Agent" (By Erin M. Evans) (Eleasis (August),1463 DR)
Story synopsis: Set over a two-day period in early Eleasis in the Year of the Reborn Hero, 1463 DR, "The Resurrection Agent" follows the life and death of a woman known as the Harlot, who is a "resurrection agent" — someone hired to spy on people and intentionally be caught and killed, and later resurrected to give testimony. Viridi, the woman who recruited her, has been killed, and she and a man known as the Shepherd (the Selûnite priest who does the resurrecting) go to retrieve the body.
"Neverwinter" of The Neverwinter Saga (by R.A. Salvatore) (1463 DR)
Story synopsis: With Bruenor's death, Drizzt is alone—and free—for the first time in almost a hundred years. Guilt mingles with relief, leaving Drizzt uniquely vulnerable to the persuasions of his newest companion—Dahlia, a darkly alluring elf and the only other member of their party to survive the cataclysm at Mount Hotenow. But traveling with Dahlia is challenging in more ways than one. As the two companions seek revenge on the one responsible for leveling Neverwinter—and nearly Luskan as well—Drizzt finds his usual moral certainty swept away by her unconventional views. Forced to see the dark deeds that the common man may be driven to by circumstance, Drizzt begins to find himself on the wrong side of the law in an effort to protect those the law has failed. Making new enemies, as his old enemies acquire deadly allies, Drizzt and Dahlia quickly find themselves embroiled in battle—a state he's coming to enjoy a little too much.
Fun fact: This novel is intentionally tied in to the Neverwinter MMORPG game because in one part of the book, the moon elf lich Valindra Shadowmantle led an attack on Neverwinter for the purpose of powering up the Dread Ring in the Neverwinter forest, a location that can be visited in Module 2 of the Neverwinter MMORPG)
https://www.amazon.com/Neverwinter-...;qid=1562691993&s=gateway&sr=8-4
"Charon's Claw" of The Neverwinter Saga (by R.A. Salvatore) (1463 DR)
Story synopsis: Drizzt draws his swords once more to herald a final battle for freedom. Returning to Neverwinter alongside the beautiful elf Dahlia, he plots revenge against the dictatorial Netherese lord Herzgo Alegni, then joins old foe Artemis Entreri as he seeks to destroy the magical weapon that holds him hostage—even if destroying the weapon means his own destruction as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Charons-Claw...mp;psc=1&refRID=VA16NYD6E7C3YZBG4KKR
"The Last Threshold" of The Neverwinter Saga (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1463 DR after "Charon's Claw")
Story synopsis: Drizzt Do'Urden navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies. Tangled up in his companion Dahlia's dark secrets, the ties that once held her close to Drizzt threaten to tear as her bonds to his former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of Bregan D'aerthe in his quest to destroy Drizzt. While making promises they may not keep, the agents of the elite drow mercenary group hide plans of their own. Determined to stand for what's right in the Realms once again, Drizzt forges a new road north—toward Icewind Dale. Will his new companions follow? Can he fight the darkness alone? Either way, he knows now where he's headed—back to the only place that's ever felt like home.
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Thresho...mp;psc=1&refRID=V5N797FGV8K6HK670EF2
"Corsair" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (prologue is in 1466 DR)
Story synopsis: Kamoth Kastelmar, Lord of the Black Moon
He was a sadistic young lord who charmed his way into the marrying the Harmach of Hulburg's sister before he was exiled for conspiring against his new brother-in-law.
Now he is Captain of the Kraken Queen, High Captain of the Black Moon Corsairs—a ruthless pirate fleet that scours the Moonsea, raping, pillaging, and burning wherever they go.
He was willing to let bygones be bygones, but when the Harmach of Hulburg arms a warship to thwart his piracy, he starts taking their actions against him personally.
It's time to teach the harmach a lesson in respect.
It's time to raze Hulburg.
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Blad...;qid=1562692086&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"City of the Dead" (By Rosemary Jones) (prologue set in 1467 DR)
Story synopsis: Something is causing trouble in the City of the Dead, and Sophraea Carver, born and bred next to the historic graveyard, is determined to solve the mystery before it places all of Waterdeep in peril.
https://www.amazon.com/City-Dead-Fo...;qid=1562692111&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Shadowbane: Eye of Justice" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (prologue set in 1470 DR)
Story synopsis: The tale of a never-say-die hero struggling against the forces of evil in a world full of peril. Kalen Dren, the vigilante paladin who calls himself Shadowbane, has turned his back on a life of crime and selfishness to chart a new course with the aid of the sword Vindicator, once wielded by the vanished God of Guardians himself. He will face legions of enemies and ultimately struggle with his own dualistic nature: the bright, goodly paladin and the dark, pragmatic assassin.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JCC1EU/ref=series_rw_dp_sw
Realms of the Dead book "Feast of the Moon" (By Cristopher Rowe) (Nightal "December" 1471 DR)
Story synopsis: Set on the first day of Nightal in the Year of the Plagued Lords, 1471 DR, "Feast of the Moon" follows Jaeg Felidae, a Malar-worshiping weretiger from the plains of Dambrath. Each year, the Malarites here hunt down the most dangerous foe in the area, and the story opens with the initiation of the ritual to receive that vision, the death and desecration of a wild boar. Jaeg receives a vision from the Beastlord of an opened tomb in the Hills of the Dead Kings. The vision shows him a party of halflings entering the tomb, and it is accompanied with the scent of his prey.
"The Orc King" ends in 1472 DR (prologue and epilogue both take place in this year)
"Avenger" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (begins in 1473 DR)
Story synopsis: Rhovann Disarnnyl, Master Mage of Hulburg
He was an arrogant elf lord, exploiting the life of luxury his ancestral home in Myth Drannor afforded him, before the upstart human Geran Hulmaster maimed him in a duel and the city uncovered his predilection for necromancy and exiled him.
In vengeance, he drove Geran's family from their ancestral lands, filled the town with nightmarish golems to enforce his will, and crushed the native Hulburgans with the aggressive enforcement of unfair laws.
But Geran is intent on making Rhovann's life miserable. Stirring up unrest, killing his allies, mustering an army.... Why can't Geran just admit he's lost? The only reason he's not dead is that Rhovann prefers to see him suffer.
But what can one expect from humans? The art of revenge is wasted on them.
Better to kill them all—down to the last Hulmaster.
https://www.amazon.com/Avenger-Forg...;qid=1562692267&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle" (Tabletop game created by Christopher Perkins (the guy who usually is the DM for Acquisitions Inc.), and Jeremy Crawford) (1474 DR)
Story synopsis: In Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, adventurers clash with a grave threat to the Sword Coast. Backed by Sir Isteval, a retired paladin from Cormyr, they descend into dungeons to keep the secrets of an ancient elemental cult from falling into the clutches of the Red Wizards of Thay. Along the way, the adventurers face an immortal foe from Isteval's past, leading to an epic confrontation in the ruins of Dragonspear Castle.
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/12...-DD-Next?filters=0_0_0_0_0_45462_45547_0
"Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms" comic book issues #1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Written by Ed Greenwood, edited by John Barber, published by IDW Publishing, colored by Dee Cunniffe and Len O'Grady, inked by Sal Buscema, cover art by Tyler Walpole and Steve Ellis) (1474 DR)
Story synopsis: These comic books tell the adventures of an unlikely new band of heroes in Waterdeep, Randral Daunter, Torn and Talandra, who get into a bit more trouble than usual in the fabled port city of Waterdeep, but soon discover some of the seedier corners of the wider Realms-the hard way!
issue 1: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 2: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 3: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 4: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 5: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
"The Fall Of Highwatch" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR) (This novel takes place a century after "Frostfell")
Story synopsis: Highwatch has never been taken. The fortress has sat, undisturbed for over a century, high above Narfell's frozen plains. The line of the High Warden runs unbroken down to his seventeen-year-old granddaughter, Hweilan. It is a place of peace in the wilderness.
But one among Highwatch isn't at peace. Guric, the foster son of the High Warden, makes a pact with an ancient, evil spirit to resurrect his wife. The price: his family's blood. Highwatch falls in less than a day. The line of the High Warden is broken. Only Hweilan escapes, her father's unstrung bow in hand and her heart full of vengeance.
Vengeance enough to drive Hweilan to make her own pact with an ancient spirit: Nendawen, the Master of the Hunt, primal spirit of the shapechanging Vil Adanrath.
https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Highwat...;qid=1562692505&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Hand of the Hunter" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR)
Story synopsis: For generations we fought him, but he grew stronger, destroying our homeland. We fled....
The demon Jagun Ghen, the nemesis of Nendawen the Hunter, roams the frozen wastes, building an army. For long years, Hweilan, the last scion of fallen Highwatch and the loose end of the Defiler’s plans, has been missing.
In the Hunting Lands, Jagun Ghen almost conquered. Only hundreds of years of blood and sacrifice vanquished him. Here... in this corrupt world beneath its cold stars....Here... Jagun Ghen could become a god....
For long years, in the cold places of the Feywild, Hweilan has been shaped into a tool to bring down Jagun Ghen and a weapon to avenge her dead family with—the Hand of the Hunter. But even in the Feywild, Jagun Ghen has eyes.
There are far crueler things in these woods than me.
https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Hunter-...;qid=1562692545&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Cry of the Ghost Wolf" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR)
Story synopsis: Hweilan went into the Feywild a girl focused on avenging her family's death, and emerged a brutal killer. Nendawen the Hunter has anointed her his Hand in destroying the demonic and undead forces of his nemesis—the murderer of her family—Jagen Ghen. But while she managed to survive long enough to become the Hand of the Hunter, the war with Jagen Ghen has just begun. And while she is hunting them—they are likewise hunting her. It will take every trick of the Fox, every drop of Lore, and every ounce of will she has to stand against Jagen Ghen, but Hweilan will have her chance to avenge her family—or die trying.
https://www.amazon.com/Cry-Ghost-Wo...;qid=1562691206&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Swordmage" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (begins in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Geran studied the Chainsmen surrounding them. Eight on the street and possibly more in the alehouse or another place nearby, and most looked like they knew how to use the cudgels at their belts. It would be easier to play their game and buy them off with a couple of silver pennies ... but the thought of paying for safe passage in his own home town did not sit well with him. Besides, Geran told himself. They're probably not as reasonable as they say they are.
Geran, a swordmage exiled from the elven city of Myth Drannor, returns home to find the once peaceful Moonsea town of Hulburg under the thumb of greedy and ruthless merchants.
"I am here to offer you power, Warchief—the power to make yourself the king of all Thar. Every tribe in this land will call you master and do as you bid them. They will call you lord, pay you tribute, and march as you command. I can arm your warriors with a thousand hauberks of good steel mail. I can give you ten Warlock Knights to wield their battle-magic in your service. And I have control over a number of strong monsters from the high mountains—manticores, giants, chimeras, even a young dragon or two. They will be yours to command. Tell me, Warchief, what would you do with an army such as that?"
Kardhel, a Warlock Knight of Vaasa, stirs the violent passions of a tribe of brutal orcs, and sends them to Hulburg bent on pillage.
The lich laughed coldly. "What do I care for your lives?" he said. He stretched out his clawlike hand and made a small gesture, and the Infiernadex was wrenched out of Geran's grasp by some unseen force. The book soared to the lich's hand, and Aesperus twisted what remained of his face into a horrible smile. "Good-bye, Geran Hulmaster. I expect that you and I will speak again soon, when you have been laid under stone as your forefathers were."
And Aesperus, the King in Copper, rises from the dead once more to terrorize them all, and protect a secret beyond imagination.
https://www.amazon.com/Swordmage-Bl...;qid=1562692678&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"The Devil You Know" of the Brimstone Angels series (By Erin M. Evans) (All the parts that do not follow Bryseis's story is set in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Before Farideh took a devil's pact, before she was Chosen by the god-king of the Hells, before any of this started, there was Bryseis Kakistos, the original Brimstone Angel, first of Farideh’s line. Now, at the end, there is also Bryseis Kakistos—but this time, instead of helping the king of the Hells achieve godhood, she’s going to kill him. All she needs is a little help from Farideh—which she should, by all accounts, be happy to give. After all, who could object to killing the king of the Hells? Except, it turns out, Farideh. Because as always, things are far more complicated than they seem.
Fun fact: Though this novel's realm year is not anchored to one time frame, it is not hard to narrow down the timeline once you realize that this story takes place before Farideh made the warlock pact in the "Brimstone Angels" story and follows her ancestor Bryseis in a few parts.
https://www.amazon.com/Devil-You-Kn...;qid=1562692749&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"Brimstone Angels" of the Brimstone Angels Series (By Erin M. Evans) (prologue is in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Havilar and Farideh are twin tieflings abandoned at birth and raised by dragonborn. Careless Havilar has an innocent soul and a penchant for trouble, and careful Farideh feels the weight of the world, her tainted bloodline—and her sister—on her shoulders.
In a summoning ritual gone wrong, Farideh ends up bound in a warlock's pact with a handsome but sadistic cambion devil, and they are thrown out of the village. A lone dragonborn accompanies them out of compassion, and the three adventurers, often perceived as monsters themselves, begin to make a name for themselves as monster slayers.
But once they reach the encampments in the ruined city of Neverwinter, their simple plans of slaying monsters to make a living get tangled up in a devilish snare six layers deep. It will take every ounce of the twins' skills—and some borrowed besides—if they are to have any hope of staying afloat in the deadly designs around them.
https://www.amazon.com/Brimstone-An...;qid=1562692855&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"Unholy" of The Haunted Lands (By Richard Lee Byers) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Forces undreamed of even by Szass Tam have brought havoc and death to Thay, but the lich's true intentions remain a mystery—a mystery that could spell doom for the entire world. The formerly green fields lie in war-torn ruins. The formerly living populace in undead. And the formerly brilliant necromancer, the mastermind behind the civil war that drove the ruling council into exile, appears to have gone insane. But rumor spreads of a reason behind his randomness—a reason all survivors of Thay must rally against.
https://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Haunt...;qid=1568646891&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Brimstone Angels" continues and ends in 1478 DR
"Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils" (By Erin M. Evans) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: First there were three.
Mere weeks after escaping Neverwinter, Farideh's dreams are still haunted by Lorcan, the cambion devil whose power fuels her own. One of only four known descendants of the original Brimstone Angel, Farideh has no regrets about the pact she made with the devil. But no one in the Hells knows that she has a twin - an impulsive, eager sister just waiting to be corrupted. At least as long as Lorcan can keep her secret.
And then you found the fourth.
Determined to protect her sister, Farideh searches for a ritual that could call Lorcan out of the Hells, but in the midst of her hunt, she's drawn into an assignment for the secret society of the Harpers, an assignment which leads her and a ragtag group of allies to an ancient Netherese library deep underground.
The fifth one is mine.
While the group combs the site, dodging ghosts and magical traps, Farideh discovers a magical book whose pronouncements throw into question everything she thought she knew about herself and her sister. The more the Book gives up its macabre secrets, the more one thing becomes clear - a traitor lurks among them.
The fifth Brimstone Angel.
https://www.amazon.com/Brimstone-An...;qid=1562692855&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Cold Steel and Secrets" (By Rosemary Jones) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Part I
Sent by the spymaster of Neverwinter to investigate a group of rebels, Rucas Sarfael finds a worthy adversary in the beautiful fencing master Elyne. Matching wits and blades with the rebel leader, Rucas strives to prove himself and rise in the rebel ranks in part 1 of this four-part novella set in the renowned city of Neverwinter.
Part II
A whiff of brimstone, a laughing ghost, and talk of a crown... In part 2 of this four-part Neverwinter novella, Rucas Sarfael finds himself invited to a meeting of rebel leaders and entangled more than he would like in the plans of the beautiful and dangerous Elyne. When those plans lead to a mad seer, Rucas finds a clue to the treasure he seeks—and more than one path to doom.
Part III
A mysterious key, the walking dead, and a grisly murder... The four-part Neverwinter novella continues as the rebels find the lost Crown of Neverwinter in their grasp. But the rebels are betrayed and Rucas Sarfael finds himself caught between his duty and his heart.
Part IV
Deception! Betrayal! A perfect partnership! In the conclusion to this four-part novella, Rucas Sarfael uncovers the twisted plots that brought him to the city of Neverwinter and discovers a plot on the life of its lord.
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-S...;qid=1562692960&s=audible&sr=8-1
"The Captive Flame" of the Brotherhood of the Griffin series (By Richard Lee Byers) (begins in 1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Aoth Fezim and his band of mercenaries, the Brotherhood of the Griffon, are hired to put a stop to a disturbing series of ritualistic killings. While they manage to defeat the perpetrators, Aoth Fezim can't seem to shake the feeling that there's more to these mysterious murders than meets the eye. Still, he resists the urge to investigate. After all, it's just business. Until an assassin's knife almost finds a home between his shoulder blades, and Aoth Fezim finds himself tangled in a lethal web of intrigue.
https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Flam...;qid=1562693014&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Adversary" of The Sundering saga (By Erin M. Evans) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: As the chaos of the Sundering rages around her, young warlock Farideh faces a more personal turmoil wrought by a deal she made with a devil years ago. Hoping to protect her twin sister, she leaves everything she holds dear to assist a wizard in a scheme that pits the devils of the Nine Hells against the gods above.
But when Farideh casts the spell to enter the wizard's remote mountaintop fortress, she picks up a stowaway—a Harper agent named Dahl who isn't so inclined to follow devilish demands. Dahl attempts to escape only to run into a village of odd people, lurking behind an impenetrable wall.
Forced to gaze into the villagers' souls, Farideh points out the ones who seem different, only to watch as the wizard's guard carts them off to fates unknown. Are these villagers or prisoners? Are they blessed or doomed by the gods? As the wizard's guessing game proves more and more diabolical, Farideh resolves to unravel his secrets—even if it means she'll lose her own soul to the Nine Hells.
https://www.amazon.com/Adversary-Fo...;qid=1562693033&s=audible&sr=1-1
"The Devil You Know" Part 10 is in 1408 DR
"Gauntlgrym" of The Neverwinter Saga (Written by R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1409 DR)
Story synopsis: When one of his oldest friends, Bruenor Battlehammer, chooses to spend his final days searching for the fabled dwarf kingdom of Gauntlgrym, Drizzt readily agrees. But before Drizzt and Bruenor even get close to finding the lost city, the dwarf assassin Athrogate, black-widow elf Dahlia, and Drizzt's old nemesis Jarlaxle stumble upon it first. In their search for riches and magic, the three treasure hunters inadvertently set into motion a catastrophe that could spell disaster for the unsuspecting people of the city of Neverwinter—a catastrophe big enough to even send the mercenary Jarlaxle into risking his own coin and skin to stop it. Unfortunately, the more they uncover about the secret of Gauntlgrym, the more it looks like they can't stop the impending disaster on their own. They'll need help, and from the last people they ever thought to fight alongside again: Drizzt and Bruenor.
Drizzt joins these new companions with a conflicted heart. The promise of adventure appeals to a primal part of him. But his lust for battle is growing stronger. Is he really no different from any other dark elf? If he loses the last of his trusted companions, will his drow nature claim him at last? Will his new companions lead him into temptation or deliver him from his darkest desires?
https://www.amazon.com/Gauntlgrym-N...;qid=1562691174&s=gateway&sr=8-5
"Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale" (A game developed by Bedlam Games, playable on PlayStation 3 (downloadable via PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (downloadable via Xbox Live Arcade), and Microsoft Windows (downloadable via Steam)) (1420 DR)
Story synopsis: In Daggerdale, a region in the Dalelands on the continent of Faerûn, the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim attempt to invade and conquer the Dalelands from the Tower of the Void and the Mines of Tethyamar. A small group of adventurers are charged with the task of restoring order to the Dalelands by unlocking the secrets of the Mines of Tethyamar, defeating the evil within the treacherous Tower of the Void, leading to the final confrontation with Rezlus himself.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/99100/Dungeons_and_Dragons_Daggerdale/
"To Legend He Goes" of The Legend of Drizzt Anthology (By R.A. Salvatore) (1439 DR)
Story synopsis: Wulfgar is now an 100 year old frail old man—in the Tribe of the Elk in Icewind Dale, and his time is ending.
Fun fact: Wulfgar was born in the year 1339 DR.
"The Devil You Know" Part 11 is in 1441 DR
"The Godborn" of The Sundering Saga (By Paul S. Kemp) (begins in 1450 DR)
Story synopsis: 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.
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.
https://www.amazon.com/Godborn-Sund...;qid=1562691279&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Sandstorm" continues in 1450 DR, the Second Era of Skyfire ends
"Dawnbringer" (Written by Samantha Henderson) (begins in 1460 DR and believe it or not, ends in 1600 DR!) Amazing, isn't it?! This novel jumps 121 years from the 4th edition setting to a time beyond 5th edition!!!
Story synopsis: Two Households Both Alike in Dignity
Two devas, angels given mortal flesh, are sent to guard two star-crossed lovers, born scions of rival merchant houses. The devas have worked together through countless cycles of reincarnation, guarding each other's backs as they pursue justice.
Break from Ancient Grudge into New Mutiny
At first, it looks as though love will conquer all, and the rift between the rival houses will finally be mended. But there are those who hate the word peace with a passion so great that it poisons everything they touch, turning house against house, mother against child, and deva against deva.
Leaving Even Angels' Hands Unclean
https://www.amazon.com/Dawnbringer-...;qid=1562691412&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Devil You Know" Part 12 is in 1460 DR
"Gauntylgrym" of the Neverwinter Saga ends in 1462 DR
"Neverwinter Tales" comic book series issues 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (Written by R.A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore, published by IDW Publishing, cover art by Gonzalo Flores, interior art by Augustin Padilla, Jose Avilles, Tim Seeley, Leonard O'Grady, and Gonzalo Flores) (1462 DR)
Story synopsis: Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor'crae factor into the mystery.
Fun fact: This comic book series takes place not long after "Gauntlgrym" ends, starring Drizzt, Dahlia Sin'felle, and Valindra Shadowmantle who previously appeared in Neverwinter Nights is one of the characters in this story
Issue 1: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy
Issue 2: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 3: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 4: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
Issue 5: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
"The Companions" of The Sundering Saga (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1463 DR) (Drizzt's deceased companions Bruenor, Cattie-Brie, Wulfgar and Regis begin to reincarnate in this story)
Story synopsis: As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life--the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin.
https://www.amazon.com/Companions-S...;qid=1562691628&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Last Legend of Gedrin Shadowbane" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (Flamerule (July), 1463 DR)
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/GedrinShadowbane.pdf
Realms of the Dead book "The Resurrection Agent" (By Erin M. Evans) (Eleasis (August),1463 DR)
Story synopsis: Set over a two-day period in early Eleasis in the Year of the Reborn Hero, 1463 DR, "The Resurrection Agent" follows the life and death of a woman known as the Harlot, who is a "resurrection agent" — someone hired to spy on people and intentionally be caught and killed, and later resurrected to give testimony. Viridi, the woman who recruited her, has been killed, and she and a man known as the Shepherd (the Selûnite priest who does the resurrecting) go to retrieve the body.
"Neverwinter" of The Neverwinter Saga (by R.A. Salvatore) (1463 DR)
Story synopsis: With Bruenor's death, Drizzt is alone—and free—for the first time in almost a hundred years. Guilt mingles with relief, leaving Drizzt uniquely vulnerable to the persuasions of his newest companion—Dahlia, a darkly alluring elf and the only other member of their party to survive the cataclysm at Mount Hotenow. But traveling with Dahlia is challenging in more ways than one. As the two companions seek revenge on the one responsible for leveling Neverwinter—and nearly Luskan as well—Drizzt finds his usual moral certainty swept away by her unconventional views. Forced to see the dark deeds that the common man may be driven to by circumstance, Drizzt begins to find himself on the wrong side of the law in an effort to protect those the law has failed. Making new enemies, as his old enemies acquire deadly allies, Drizzt and Dahlia quickly find themselves embroiled in battle—a state he's coming to enjoy a little too much.
Fun fact: This novel is intentionally tied in to the Neverwinter MMORPG game because in one part of the book, the moon elf lich Valindra Shadowmantle led an attack on Neverwinter for the purpose of powering up the Dread Ring in the Neverwinter forest, a location that can be visited in Module 2 of the Neverwinter MMORPG)
https://www.amazon.com/Neverwinter-...;qid=1562691993&s=gateway&sr=8-4
"Charon's Claw" of The Neverwinter Saga (by R.A. Salvatore) (1463 DR)
Story synopsis: Drizzt draws his swords once more to herald a final battle for freedom. Returning to Neverwinter alongside the beautiful elf Dahlia, he plots revenge against the dictatorial Netherese lord Herzgo Alegni, then joins old foe Artemis Entreri as he seeks to destroy the magical weapon that holds him hostage—even if destroying the weapon means his own destruction as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Charons-Claw...mp;psc=1&refRID=VA16NYD6E7C3YZBG4KKR
"The Last Threshold" of The Neverwinter Saga (By R.A. Salvatore) (begins in 1463 DR after "Charon's Claw")
Story synopsis: Drizzt Do'Urden navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies. Tangled up in his companion Dahlia's dark secrets, the ties that once held her close to Drizzt threaten to tear as her bonds to his former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of Bregan D'aerthe in his quest to destroy Drizzt. While making promises they may not keep, the agents of the elite drow mercenary group hide plans of their own. Determined to stand for what's right in the Realms once again, Drizzt forges a new road north—toward Icewind Dale. Will his new companions follow? Can he fight the darkness alone? Either way, he knows now where he's headed—back to the only place that's ever felt like home.
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Thresho...mp;psc=1&refRID=V5N797FGV8K6HK670EF2
"Corsair" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (prologue is in 1466 DR)
Story synopsis: Kamoth Kastelmar, Lord of the Black Moon
He was a sadistic young lord who charmed his way into the marrying the Harmach of Hulburg's sister before he was exiled for conspiring against his new brother-in-law.
Now he is Captain of the Kraken Queen, High Captain of the Black Moon Corsairs—a ruthless pirate fleet that scours the Moonsea, raping, pillaging, and burning wherever they go.
He was willing to let bygones be bygones, but when the Harmach of Hulburg arms a warship to thwart his piracy, he starts taking their actions against him personally.
It's time to teach the harmach a lesson in respect.
It's time to raze Hulburg.
https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Blad...;qid=1562692086&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"City of the Dead" (By Rosemary Jones) (prologue set in 1467 DR)
Story synopsis: Something is causing trouble in the City of the Dead, and Sophraea Carver, born and bred next to the historic graveyard, is determined to solve the mystery before it places all of Waterdeep in peril.
https://www.amazon.com/City-Dead-Fo...;qid=1562692111&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Shadowbane: Eye of Justice" (By Erik Scott de Bie) (prologue set in 1470 DR)
Story synopsis: The tale of a never-say-die hero struggling against the forces of evil in a world full of peril. Kalen Dren, the vigilante paladin who calls himself Shadowbane, has turned his back on a life of crime and selfishness to chart a new course with the aid of the sword Vindicator, once wielded by the vanished God of Guardians himself. He will face legions of enemies and ultimately struggle with his own dualistic nature: the bright, goodly paladin and the dark, pragmatic assassin.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JCC1EU/ref=series_rw_dp_sw
Realms of the Dead book "Feast of the Moon" (By Cristopher Rowe) (Nightal "December" 1471 DR)
Story synopsis: Set on the first day of Nightal in the Year of the Plagued Lords, 1471 DR, "Feast of the Moon" follows Jaeg Felidae, a Malar-worshiping weretiger from the plains of Dambrath. Each year, the Malarites here hunt down the most dangerous foe in the area, and the story opens with the initiation of the ritual to receive that vision, the death and desecration of a wild boar. Jaeg receives a vision from the Beastlord of an opened tomb in the Hills of the Dead Kings. The vision shows him a party of halflings entering the tomb, and it is accompanied with the scent of his prey.
"The Orc King" ends in 1472 DR (prologue and epilogue both take place in this year)
"Avenger" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (begins in 1473 DR)
Story synopsis: Rhovann Disarnnyl, Master Mage of Hulburg
He was an arrogant elf lord, exploiting the life of luxury his ancestral home in Myth Drannor afforded him, before the upstart human Geran Hulmaster maimed him in a duel and the city uncovered his predilection for necromancy and exiled him.
In vengeance, he drove Geran's family from their ancestral lands, filled the town with nightmarish golems to enforce his will, and crushed the native Hulburgans with the aggressive enforcement of unfair laws.
But Geran is intent on making Rhovann's life miserable. Stirring up unrest, killing his allies, mustering an army.... Why can't Geran just admit he's lost? The only reason he's not dead is that Rhovann prefers to see him suffer.
But what can one expect from humans? The art of revenge is wasted on them.
Better to kill them all—down to the last Hulmaster.
https://www.amazon.com/Avenger-Forg...;qid=1562692267&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle" (Tabletop game created by Christopher Perkins (the guy who usually is the DM for Acquisitions Inc.), and Jeremy Crawford) (1474 DR)
Story synopsis: In Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, adventurers clash with a grave threat to the Sword Coast. Backed by Sir Isteval, a retired paladin from Cormyr, they descend into dungeons to keep the secrets of an ancient elemental cult from falling into the clutches of the Red Wizards of Thay. Along the way, the adventurers face an immortal foe from Isteval's past, leading to an epic confrontation in the ruins of Dragonspear Castle.
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/12...-DD-Next?filters=0_0_0_0_0_45462_45547_0
"Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms" comic book issues #1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Written by Ed Greenwood, edited by John Barber, published by IDW Publishing, colored by Dee Cunniffe and Len O'Grady, inked by Sal Buscema, cover art by Tyler Walpole and Steve Ellis) (1474 DR)
Story synopsis: These comic books tell the adventures of an unlikely new band of heroes in Waterdeep, Randral Daunter, Torn and Talandra, who get into a bit more trouble than usual in the fabled port city of Waterdeep, but soon discover some of the seedier corners of the wider Realms-the hard way!
issue 1: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 2: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 3: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 4: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
issue 5: https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons...dmlldy9kZXNrdG9wL3NsaWRlckxpc3Qvc2VyaWVz
"The Fall Of Highwatch" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR) (This novel takes place a century after "Frostfell")
Story synopsis: Highwatch has never been taken. The fortress has sat, undisturbed for over a century, high above Narfell's frozen plains. The line of the High Warden runs unbroken down to his seventeen-year-old granddaughter, Hweilan. It is a place of peace in the wilderness.
But one among Highwatch isn't at peace. Guric, the foster son of the High Warden, makes a pact with an ancient, evil spirit to resurrect his wife. The price: his family's blood. Highwatch falls in less than a day. The line of the High Warden is broken. Only Hweilan escapes, her father's unstrung bow in hand and her heart full of vengeance.
Vengeance enough to drive Hweilan to make her own pact with an ancient spirit: Nendawen, the Master of the Hunt, primal spirit of the shapechanging Vil Adanrath.
https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Highwat...;qid=1562692505&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Hand of the Hunter" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR)
Story synopsis: For generations we fought him, but he grew stronger, destroying our homeland. We fled....
The demon Jagun Ghen, the nemesis of Nendawen the Hunter, roams the frozen wastes, building an army. For long years, Hweilan, the last scion of fallen Highwatch and the loose end of the Defiler’s plans, has been missing.
In the Hunting Lands, Jagun Ghen almost conquered. Only hundreds of years of blood and sacrifice vanquished him. Here... in this corrupt world beneath its cold stars....Here... Jagun Ghen could become a god....
For long years, in the cold places of the Feywild, Hweilan has been shaped into a tool to bring down Jagun Ghen and a weapon to avenge her dead family with—the Hand of the Hunter. But even in the Feywild, Jagun Ghen has eyes.
There are far crueler things in these woods than me.
https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Hunter-...;qid=1562692545&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Cry of the Ghost Wolf" of The Chosen of Nendawen Trilogy (By Mark Sehestedt) (1475 DR)
Story synopsis: Hweilan went into the Feywild a girl focused on avenging her family's death, and emerged a brutal killer. Nendawen the Hunter has anointed her his Hand in destroying the demonic and undead forces of his nemesis—the murderer of her family—Jagen Ghen. But while she managed to survive long enough to become the Hand of the Hunter, the war with Jagen Ghen has just begun. And while she is hunting them—they are likewise hunting her. It will take every trick of the Fox, every drop of Lore, and every ounce of will she has to stand against Jagen Ghen, but Hweilan will have her chance to avenge her family—or die trying.
https://www.amazon.com/Cry-Ghost-Wo...;qid=1562691206&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Swordmage" of the Blades of the Moonsea Trilogy (By Richard Baker) (begins in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Geran studied the Chainsmen surrounding them. Eight on the street and possibly more in the alehouse or another place nearby, and most looked like they knew how to use the cudgels at their belts. It would be easier to play their game and buy them off with a couple of silver pennies ... but the thought of paying for safe passage in his own home town did not sit well with him. Besides, Geran told himself. They're probably not as reasonable as they say they are.
Geran, a swordmage exiled from the elven city of Myth Drannor, returns home to find the once peaceful Moonsea town of Hulburg under the thumb of greedy and ruthless merchants.
"I am here to offer you power, Warchief—the power to make yourself the king of all Thar. Every tribe in this land will call you master and do as you bid them. They will call you lord, pay you tribute, and march as you command. I can arm your warriors with a thousand hauberks of good steel mail. I can give you ten Warlock Knights to wield their battle-magic in your service. And I have control over a number of strong monsters from the high mountains—manticores, giants, chimeras, even a young dragon or two. They will be yours to command. Tell me, Warchief, what would you do with an army such as that?"
Kardhel, a Warlock Knight of Vaasa, stirs the violent passions of a tribe of brutal orcs, and sends them to Hulburg bent on pillage.
The lich laughed coldly. "What do I care for your lives?" he said. He stretched out his clawlike hand and made a small gesture, and the Infiernadex was wrenched out of Geran's grasp by some unseen force. The book soared to the lich's hand, and Aesperus twisted what remained of his face into a horrible smile. "Good-bye, Geran Hulmaster. I expect that you and I will speak again soon, when you have been laid under stone as your forefathers were."
And Aesperus, the King in Copper, rises from the dead once more to terrorize them all, and protect a secret beyond imagination.
https://www.amazon.com/Swordmage-Bl...;qid=1562692678&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"The Devil You Know" of the Brimstone Angels series (By Erin M. Evans) (All the parts that do not follow Bryseis's story is set in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Before Farideh took a devil's pact, before she was Chosen by the god-king of the Hells, before any of this started, there was Bryseis Kakistos, the original Brimstone Angel, first of Farideh’s line. Now, at the end, there is also Bryseis Kakistos—but this time, instead of helping the king of the Hells achieve godhood, she’s going to kill him. All she needs is a little help from Farideh—which she should, by all accounts, be happy to give. After all, who could object to killing the king of the Hells? Except, it turns out, Farideh. Because as always, things are far more complicated than they seem.
Fun fact: Though this novel's realm year is not anchored to one time frame, it is not hard to narrow down the timeline once you realize that this story takes place before Farideh made the warlock pact in the "Brimstone Angels" story and follows her ancestor Bryseis in a few parts.
https://www.amazon.com/Devil-You-Kn...;qid=1562692749&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"Brimstone Angels" of the Brimstone Angels Series (By Erin M. Evans) (prologue is in 1477 DR)
Story synopsis: Havilar and Farideh are twin tieflings abandoned at birth and raised by dragonborn. Careless Havilar has an innocent soul and a penchant for trouble, and careful Farideh feels the weight of the world, her tainted bloodline—and her sister—on her shoulders.
In a summoning ritual gone wrong, Farideh ends up bound in a warlock's pact with a handsome but sadistic cambion devil, and they are thrown out of the village. A lone dragonborn accompanies them out of compassion, and the three adventurers, often perceived as monsters themselves, begin to make a name for themselves as monster slayers.
But once they reach the encampments in the ruined city of Neverwinter, their simple plans of slaying monsters to make a living get tangled up in a devilish snare six layers deep. It will take every ounce of the twins' skills—and some borrowed besides—if they are to have any hope of staying afloat in the deadly designs around them.
https://www.amazon.com/Brimstone-An...;qid=1562692855&s=gateway&sr=8-2
"Unholy" of The Haunted Lands (By Richard Lee Byers) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Forces undreamed of even by Szass Tam have brought havoc and death to Thay, but the lich's true intentions remain a mystery—a mystery that could spell doom for the entire world. The formerly green fields lie in war-torn ruins. The formerly living populace in undead. And the formerly brilliant necromancer, the mastermind behind the civil war that drove the ruling council into exile, appears to have gone insane. But rumor spreads of a reason behind his randomness—a reason all survivors of Thay must rally against.
https://www.amazon.com/Unholy-Haunt...;qid=1568646891&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Brimstone Angels" continues and ends in 1478 DR
"Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils" (By Erin M. Evans) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: First there were three.
Mere weeks after escaping Neverwinter, Farideh's dreams are still haunted by Lorcan, the cambion devil whose power fuels her own. One of only four known descendants of the original Brimstone Angel, Farideh has no regrets about the pact she made with the devil. But no one in the Hells knows that she has a twin - an impulsive, eager sister just waiting to be corrupted. At least as long as Lorcan can keep her secret.
And then you found the fourth.
Determined to protect her sister, Farideh searches for a ritual that could call Lorcan out of the Hells, but in the midst of her hunt, she's drawn into an assignment for the secret society of the Harpers, an assignment which leads her and a ragtag group of allies to an ancient Netherese library deep underground.
The fifth one is mine.
While the group combs the site, dodging ghosts and magical traps, Farideh discovers a magical book whose pronouncements throw into question everything she thought she knew about herself and her sister. The more the Book gives up its macabre secrets, the more one thing becomes clear - a traitor lurks among them.
The fifth Brimstone Angel.
https://www.amazon.com/Brimstone-An...;qid=1562692855&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"Cold Steel and Secrets" (By Rosemary Jones) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Part I
Sent by the spymaster of Neverwinter to investigate a group of rebels, Rucas Sarfael finds a worthy adversary in the beautiful fencing master Elyne. Matching wits and blades with the rebel leader, Rucas strives to prove himself and rise in the rebel ranks in part 1 of this four-part novella set in the renowned city of Neverwinter.
Part II
A whiff of brimstone, a laughing ghost, and talk of a crown... In part 2 of this four-part Neverwinter novella, Rucas Sarfael finds himself invited to a meeting of rebel leaders and entangled more than he would like in the plans of the beautiful and dangerous Elyne. When those plans lead to a mad seer, Rucas finds a clue to the treasure he seeks—and more than one path to doom.
Part III
A mysterious key, the walking dead, and a grisly murder... The four-part Neverwinter novella continues as the rebels find the lost Crown of Neverwinter in their grasp. But the rebels are betrayed and Rucas Sarfael finds himself caught between his duty and his heart.
Part IV
Deception! Betrayal! A perfect partnership! In the conclusion to this four-part novella, Rucas Sarfael uncovers the twisted plots that brought him to the city of Neverwinter and discovers a plot on the life of its lord.
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-S...;qid=1562692960&s=audible&sr=8-1
"The Captive Flame" of the Brotherhood of the Griffin series (By Richard Lee Byers) (begins in 1478 DR)
Story synopsis: Aoth Fezim and his band of mercenaries, the Brotherhood of the Griffon, are hired to put a stop to a disturbing series of ritualistic killings. While they manage to defeat the perpetrators, Aoth Fezim can't seem to shake the feeling that there's more to these mysterious murders than meets the eye. Still, he resists the urge to investigate. After all, it's just business. Until an assassin's knife almost finds a home between his shoulder blades, and Aoth Fezim finds himself tangled in a lethal web of intrigue.
https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Flam...;qid=1562693014&s=gateway&sr=8-1
"The Adversary" of The Sundering saga (By Erin M. Evans) (1478 DR)
Story synopsis: As the chaos of the Sundering rages around her, young warlock Farideh faces a more personal turmoil wrought by a deal she made with a devil years ago. Hoping to protect her twin sister, she leaves everything she holds dear to assist a wizard in a scheme that pits the devils of the Nine Hells against the gods above.
But when Farideh casts the spell to enter the wizard's remote mountaintop fortress, she picks up a stowaway—a Harper agent named Dahl who isn't so inclined to follow devilish demands. Dahl attempts to escape only to run into a village of odd people, lurking behind an impenetrable wall.
Forced to gaze into the villagers' souls, Farideh points out the ones who seem different, only to watch as the wizard's guard carts them off to fates unknown. Are these villagers or prisoners? Are they blessed or doomed by the gods? As the wizard's guessing game proves more and more diabolical, Farideh resolves to unravel his secrets—even if it means she'll lose her own soul to the Nine Hells.
https://www.amazon.com/Adversary-Fo...;qid=1562693033&s=audible&sr=1-1