All Shadows Fled (Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar, Book 3) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ed Greenwood (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Shadow of the Avatar | Publication Date: October 1, 1995

The Shadow Spreads

The Time of Troubles had almost passed. The chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn was reaching an end.

However, not so Those Who Walk in Shadow.

The dreaded and insidious Shadowmasters realize that they have one last chance to seize control while chaos wrecks havoc on all of the Realms, and in doing so seal the fate of not just their archenemy Elminster, but all of Mystra's minions as well.

Darkness threatens to envelop all Faerûn.

The shadows loom.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (October 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786903023
• ISBN-13: 978-0786903023
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #866,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms setting, is the best-selling author of hundreds of novels, game products, and articles. His most recent novel for Wizards of the Coast is The City of Splendors, a collaboration with Elaine Cunningham. He is also the author of the Band of Four novels published by Tor Books.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best..., May 10, 2001

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Aaron Mehta (Wellesley, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Shadows Fled (Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

... not just of Greenwood's works, but just of Fantasy in general. The novel picks up directly where the last one left off, and flows without a hitch. The Rnagers Three return as the main heros of the novel, with Elminster and the Knights of Myth Drannor (all FR regulars) spiraling in to give life to Greenwoods infamous humor. (Check out the chapter "There's always revenge". that cracks me up every time i read it.) while the battle scenes (specificly the one for Mistledale) are rather unrealistic (70 v 7000, 70 win with maybe 20 casualties...) they are fun and very well crafted. The way that Greenwood lights from perspective to perspective draws the reader in, and the Maulaugrym provide entertaining and origional villians. THe trilogy was created to be a more perosnal look at the Time of Troubles (as opposed to the Avatar Trilogys wider world-based view) and the two complement eachother nicely, although Greenwood is the better of the three writters. I recomend this to everyone and anyone who enjoys FR and Fantasy novels.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great FR book by Ed Greenwood, April 1, 1998

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TWO A [e-mail] (Wellesley, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Shadows Fled (Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

This story is fast paced, action packed and a great finish to the Shadow of the avatar series. Belkram and Ithar are great renderations of real people, while Shar is a little hard to belive. The knights of Myth Drannor add comical amusement in this book (check out the chapter called "There's always revenge" for the best scene from any book I've ever read) Overall, Ed did a great finish to a great series.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Leaves a lot to be desired, April 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: All Shadows Fled (Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really wanted to like this series of books because I think Ed Greenwood is an extremely creative writer (he'd have to be to create the entire Forgotten Realms setting), but I was completely disappointed. This series exemplifies the worst aspect of his writing. There were times when fifty pages would go by and I couldn't really think of one significant thing that happened to advance the plot. Over and over, a new enemy--one of the Malaugrym--is introduced, tries to kill Elminster or one of the other protagonists, and then ends up dying himself. It gets really old really quick. This entire series could have easily been fit into one novel instead of a trilogy. However, I will say that the best part about this series is the witty dialogue and the character of Elminster. There were many times when I actually laughed out loud. If Greenwood's brand of humor appeals to you, then this series may be worth checking out. Otherwise, I would suggest reading books that have better storylines, for example, Salvatore and Cunningham.