In Sylvan Shadows: Book 2 (Forgotten Realms) [Import] [Paperback]

A. Salvatore (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (May 21, 1992)
• ISBN-10: 0099484919
• ISBN-13: 978-0099484912
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 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 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fantastic Salvatore adventure, October 22, 1998

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xiang (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: the Cleric Quintet) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)

This is just another great example by Salvatore of just how to write a fantasy novel. Yet again I found myself having to stay up late at night, to read the next page, the next chapter. It only took two or three nights to finish off, I just couldn't stop reading in case I missed something important. Cadderly is a totally believable character and his friends are a bunch of misfits who somehow manage to form a great friendship whilst in the midst of a horrific war. You cannot help but feel for them all and you find yourself cheering at their successes, frowning at their losses and feeling upset when they fight amongst themselves. Recommended without a second thought.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done., June 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms: the Cleric Quintet) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)

I don't usually give high marks for many novels, but this is as good (don't get me wrong) as a night at the movies of a very gripping action picture.

Though I,ve been told this second book in the series was "trash" by one reader, forget about it. This novel for all its weaknesses raptures you in a full on war in the Sylvan' forest. The Characters Ivan & Pikel, (the dwarves) are sometimes downright hillarious, while other times will fill you with a bloodlust that will make you want to pick up a sword and join in the fray.

As exciting and powerful a book as you'll ever read. Outnumbered and sure to die slowly as the enemy moves in on them, mysticism and myth mix together and make you cheer for the heroes. The elves defend their heritage while Cadderly and his band stands with them. The battles are so well described, that you will actually be able to see from several different perspectives in the forest, at the same time while many different heroes struggle to just to survive, all the time they are fatigued and about to drop, yet they must fight on or die.

Salvatore puts you in a meatgrinder that will have reading until your eyes burn from lack of moisture, and you have to relieve yourself because you have'nt gone to the restroom for six hours. All the while you can't sleep because the story has charged up like a two year old on dimetapp, but your exhausted like the heroes with adrenaline pumping in you, to keep you awake.

Salvatore simply, gives you what you want. Once you read this, every other novel will be judged by the standard of action contained in this one book.
I also recemmend any of the Ice Wind Dale books in another series by Salvatore, which is defintely a series that will have you seriously questioning other authors' talent in the fantasy-adventure genre.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Salvatore impresses once more!, June 20, 2000

By 

F. T. Barrett "tasselhoff" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Sylvan Shadows (Forgotten Realms) (Mass Market Paperback)

"What?" I thought to myself "Five books about acleric? How good could that be?" But because it was Salvatore Iread and, boy, am I glad I did. Cadderly is one of the best characters I have ever read about. He fancies himself a scholar a priest who is not adept at the clerical magic of his faith...or is he? ...There are complaints about the ending, and I too must admit that it is not the most heartwarming in the world in was necessary for the transfer into the next book, just as Cadderly's Year Quest was for transition to this book. If you are a fan of Drizzt and Salvatore's books then you will this book and series very ingrossing (I read the first three books in a day, I couldn't help myself) and extremely intertaining. ...Don't be dissapointed that everyone's favorite dark elf ranger is not in this series, Cadderly is every bit as intriguing. IF you did not read this series because Drizzt is not in it then I beg you to reconsider you will not regret your decision.