The Pirate King (Forgotten Realms: Transitions, Book 2)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not his best product but worth the read
Comment: R.A. Salvatore's the Pirate King describes political intrigue, power struggles between ruling factions and revolution of oppressed in a fantasy setting. The famed protagonist of this second series in the book, Drizzt Do'Urden, appears with his friends Regis and Bruenor at events that lead to escalations between opposing factions.
One of them is the confrontation of the Orc King Obould against the Demon Nyphithys, a prelude to the climax of the story, the fight of Deudermont against the Archmage Arcane in Luskan.
The second book in the transition series is well written and the extensive details of the battles allows for great visualization during the story. I will not say that this book is his best one yet, due to the fact that he sometimes seems to change his pace suffering a diminishing flow of the story, but overall I would have to say that I was quite satisfied with what I have read thus far. This part of the series is only worth reading if you are a Drizzt Do'urden fan and have been reading the previous series. Only then will one understand more about the characters and the setting The Pirate King takes place.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Like rolling a 1 on a 20 sided die!
Comment: For my money Mr Salvatore is fantasy GOLD! He just missed the mark with this one. Too much "pirate politics" and not enough about the classic charactors we care about. Drizzt has gone from a quick thinking sword swinging take no prisoners hero to a wishy washy cog in the Luskan political machine. I have read everything RAS has written and loved them all...Except for this one. Too bad and the wait will be long but I will buy again!

Customer Rating:
Summary: the story continues
Comment: the book was a good read. I was a little suprised how little the main character's in this series were not in the book, but i have a fealing that it will be setting the stage for something good.

Customer Rating:
Summary: the pirate king review
Comment: This book was good but at this point I wonder where Salvatore is planning on going with these characters. I feel that they are constantly fighting mediocre advasaries. I think that they need to really face a struggle on some epic proportions. I felt that the book wasn't truly about Drizzt, and he was more of a side character to the main storyline. It was more about new characters who were pushing things along for their own gains. It was a good book and I most certainly reccomend anyone to pick it up and read it, I just feel that if you have read all of the books in this long series, like me, it is beginning to get alittle tired. Kind of like a soap opera. I play D&D and if my game master continued to have us face simple challenges, the way Salvatore does, I just would retire my character. It is time for Drizzt to head to the outer planes and face some real challenges, and more realms heave consequences hanging in the balance.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Comment: I really enjoyed this book. It has elements and character from almost every other Drizzt book in it, and that's what makes it great, but at some times the book can seem repetitive. In all, it's worth a read.