Exile [Paperback]

R. A. Salvatore (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Tsr, Inc. (1994)
• ASIN: B000RES5VU
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)

More About the Author

R.A. Salvatore has spent so many years winding himself into fantasy worlds that he's still trying to figure out how to unwind. He is the author of more than forty novels and more than a dozen New York Times best sellers, including The Two Swords, which debuted at or near the top of many best seller lists.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our hero goes far away from home, November 15, 2008

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Sunny Naasiri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exile: Part 2 (Forgotten Realms: The Legend of Drizzt, Book II) (Mass Market Paperback)

Exile is a superb sequel that follows the story of Drizzt Do'Urden, the most non-typical drow who meets friends where he least expects them and encounters enemies he thought long gone. Normally, I wouldn't think that a sequel could be equally good as its predecessor, but RA Salvatore, the author who inspired me to write my first book - The Final Crusade, proved me wrong. Our hero escapes from Menzoberranzan from his unforgiving kinsmen, preferring to live in solitude rather than enmesh himself in the trap of his evil society. Drizzt uses stoicism to heal away his pains but later realizes that leading a life of survival ultimately leads to an empty existence and makes him bottled-up emotionally.

Thus, when I read the book, I ask: "What is the purpose of life when one has nothing to hold on?" Reading further, I answered that question. The answer was to find someone you love and hold on to them dearly. Drizzt redeems himself by making friends with enemies his people hated most (the svirfneblin gnomes) and discovers communal strength he had never saw. Hence, this novel had taught me to never follow the prejudice someone placed on a particular society. By holding on to his values and showing mercy, he defeats his deadliest enemy - solitude.

Salvatore's novels again succeed to inspire people in a different way. Homeland focuses on the society but Exile concentrates on the individual. There are a lot of in-depth characters along the quest in this action-packed masterpiece, each with different personalities that are all likeable in some way. Fantasy readers can ask themselves which character they should emulate when they face a certain dilemma. Exile had brought tremendous learning values for me and shaped me to be stronger emotionally.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alone in the Underdark, October 1, 2003

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... "vilbs" (Montreal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exile: Forgotten Realms (The Dark Elf Trilogy, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

In "Exile", the second installation of the Dark Elf Trilogy, R.A. Salvatore picks up with Drizzt Do'Urden after he flees his ancestral homeland of Menzobberanzan. Alone in the savage Underdark, Drizzt faces monsters, and even more the weight of a crushing loneliness, with his only companionship coming from the summoned panther Guenhwyvar. In his wanderings he finally seeks out the company of the Svirfneblin, a race of subterranean gnomes and the blood enemies of the Drow. There, an old kindness is repaid in full, and he experiences life in a society completely alien to that from which he escaped....but the wrath of the drow and his cursed fate pursues him, and he must leave his new friends, lest he bring ruin to them as well.

"Exile" is a great read, and continues the excellent storyline that was begun in "Homeland". Drizzt continues to mature, both in his martial skills and his convictions. As always, Salvatore describes incredibly detailed combat scenes and swordplay, but the most fascinating struggle by far is the turmoil of Drizzt's soul. After finishing this novel, the first thing the reader will want to do is reach for "Sojourn", to see how the story will end, and begin again.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book, January 30, 2000

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Jesse (Concord, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exile: Forgotten Realms (The Dark Elf Trilogy, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

I recently read this book and I loved it! Continuous excitement and it got even more interesting when Zin-Carla came around! If you want to know how dangerous the underdark is, THIS is the book to show you.