Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Greyhawk) [Mass Market Paperback]

Paul Kidd (Author)

Book Description

Series: Greyhawk | Publication Date: June 1, 2000

The ranger and the faerie are back!

Fresh from their encounter at White Plume Mountain, the Justicar and Escalla are on the way to Hommlet. But life around a pixie is never exactly . . . stable. Escalla is drawn into the intrigues of the faerie court. Before he knows it, to save her life the Justicar is on his way into the depts of the earth to fight hobgoblins, drow, and the queen of the demonweb pits.

For an adventurer, it's all in a day's work.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786916354
• ISBN-13: 978-0786916351
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #963,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly Entertaining!, June 12, 2000

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Christina Stiles - See all my reviews

This review is from: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Greyhawk) (Mass Market Paperback)

Another novel based on a classic TSR module. Paul Kidd does a good job with the returning characters of Justicar, Escalla, Polk, and Enid the Sphinx.

While I found Kidd's WHITE PLUME MOUNTAIN to be a more humorous, fast-flowing novel, DESCENT is still a fine read. Kidd does a good job in personalizing the adventure for the protagonists: a problem with Escalla's family and her duties to them leads ultimatley to the party's descent into the earth to fight the dreaded drow.

I highly recommend that you read WHITE PLUME MOUNTAIN first, because Kidd doesn't do much back-tracking to explain how these unusual characters came to be together. And if you've missed that story, you've missed something good!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and Action Packed, June 27, 2000

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Emmanuel Umoren (Oswego, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Greyhawk) (Mass Market Paperback)

Man what a book! Finally an author who understands that if magic is abundant enough in the world to sell on scrolls it's going to be used a whole lot! It was a lot of fun reading this one. The hellhound pelt was a truly innovative idea. Escalla's character wasfun and very lifelike. Her interaction withthe Justicar was truly amusing. Now I'm going to have to go back and read WHITE PLUME MOUNTAIN just to see their relationship from the beginning. Ya gotta grab this one!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benelux!?, August 13, 2000

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B.Choo (Perth, Western Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (Greyhawk) (Mass Market Paperback)

A sword called "Benelux"!? Bwahahaha! I'll bet this gag slipped past the editors as I'm sure they would have deleted it otherwise. The sequel to "White Plume Mountain" feels a bit more rough-edged and awkward in terms of story flow but still retains the fast paced humour and cynical dungeoncrawling mentality that made it's predecessor such a delight to read. The characters have been considerably more fleshed out but have lost nothing of their refreshing personalities - even Polk grows on you after a while. What really caught my eye are some of the most innovative ideas for magic-use I've seem yet, not to mention some of the most risque imagery and innuendos I've seen in an AD&D novel (again probably slipped past the editors). Reading "White Plume Mountain" beforehand is essential and for those who have actually played the original TSR module, there is an added level of nostalgia ("Geez, why didn't the party think of doing THAT!?"). Can't wait for "Demonweb Pits"!