Spellfire: Shandril's Saga, Book I [Mass Market Paperback]

Ed Greenwood (Author)

Book Description

Series: Shandril's Saga | Publication Date: February 1, 2005

A mass market expanded edition of Ed Greenwood’s first Forgotten Realms novel.

Author Ed Greenwood has returned to his first novel set in the Forgotten Realms world. Working from his original notes, he has revised and expanded the novel, developing characters and scenes that were cut from the original edition published in 1988. Fans will enjoy this mass market edition of the “director’s cut” of the first novel in Greenwood’s story of Shandril of Highmoon.

AUTHOR BIO: A resident of Ontario, Ed Greenwood created the Forgotten Realms setting nearly 30 years ago and has written hundreds of novels, articles, and game products in the setting. His most recent novel is Elminster’s Daughter

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About the Author

A resident of Ontario, ED GREENWOOD created the Forgotten Realms setting nearly 30 years ago and has written hundreds of novels, articles, and game products in the setting. His most recent novel is Elminster's Daughter.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786935995
• ISBN-13: 978-0786935994
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.8 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,877 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 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The 2nd best book in the trilogy., July 3, 2007

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M. Garland "mgarland16" (AL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spellfire: Shandril's Saga, Book I (Mass Market Paperback)

This book starts out like another trilogy I can remember. It reads like a page by page record of a Dungeons and Dragons game with a little story peppered in here and there, which is not all that bad really. Ed Greenwood has a literary style that is quite different from most other authors I can think of. It's strangely different, but it holds my attention and keeps me reading more. I can't really explain it any better. He's a storyteller, a bard, and he has the gift that draws me in and holds me there. Oh, and that other trilogy was the Dragonlance series: Dragons of Autumn Twilight or something...

I thought the fighting, action and magic (spellfire) were all well-done. Some of the kissy-kissy sequences between Narm and Shandril were a little annoying, but this book really evoked scenes of another world, filled with magic and creatures and all sorts of items, and I felt like I could actually see the things Ed Greenwood was writing about. It was colorfully written, with plenty of amusing dialogue between the characters, as well as lots of magic (spellfire) and swordplay.

Definitely worth rereading, and I will someday.

3.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of Magic, Plenty of Cheese, September 9, 2011

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Timothy R. Peters "Timmy" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spellfire: Shandril's Saga, Book I (Mass Market Paperback)

I'll try to keep this short.

I loved the amount of lore--especially magic lore--in this book. Like another reviewer, I often feel that most stories are very skimpy on the magic, mages, witches, and the lore and rules governing the use of magic. This book delivers on that without going overboard, which is difficult. It is a great adventure, a wondrous story.

I must say, however, that Greenwood's prose gets in the way sometimes. I do not like any of the romance/relationship development. It was too quick; things were brought to their conclusions before any buildup. I didn't care when the main characters interacted in this specific way because they were drawing on a nonexistent past...it just totally fell flat. Other areas have awkward sentence constructions, non-concordant vocatives on the part of Elminster which didn't appear to be purposeful, and a few hackneyed dungeon scenes which had great action, but poor description.

I cherish this book, but I believe it is better suited to young adults, the age at which I read it and loved it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Liked it better when I was younger, March 15, 2011

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HJLII "SoIL Born" (Woodlawn, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spellfire: Shandril's Saga, Book I (Mass Market Paperback)

I'd borrowed this book from a friend and enjoyed it back when I was in grade school and remember it being a good tale. Many years and books later, I saw it on Amazon along with the 2 other books in the trilogy, which I was until then unaware it was a trilogy. So decided to get the trilogy and reread the first book and follow up with the remainder of the trilogy which would be new to me. After finishing the 1st book I must say that I liked it better when I was younger and had much less reading experience under my belt. Still its descent book, with a good story, worth reading imo. Hoping the other two books are as good or better...