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A Tale from The Legend of Drizzt #1
The First Notch
Actress and geek goddess Felicia Day ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Supernatural ) narrates R.A. Salvatore's first published short story. Bruenor, who had seemingly met his demise at the end of Streams of Silver , appears here as a young, beardless dwarf on a quest for revenge.
13 pages, Audiobook
First published August 11, 2014
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About the author
R.A. Salvatore
607 books11.3k followersAs one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore’s original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French.
Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
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March 8, 2022
I'm a few chapters into Promise of the Witch-King, but it keeps referencing short stories I haven't read so I've gone back to do that in the meantime.
And this one's cute! It's not got a LOT of substance, but it's a nice little vignette that establishes who Bruenor is from an early age .
And this one's cute! It's not got a LOT of substance, but it's a nice little vignette that establishes who Bruenor is from an early age .
December 30, 2021
3.5 stars really enjoyed this short story about the king of Mithral Hall’s younger days and Toadface as well as Sniglet as added characters
February 4, 2023
Nice little short story about Bruenor, before the beard ;) I've so far only read Icewind dale Trilogy and Homeland, so not sure if any of the other characters here intersect with the story later on.
August 29, 2014
A swift, funny little story about unlikely allies battling a common foe. Listening to Felicia Day's enthusiastic narration was a genuine pleasure (she does voices! I love when narrators do voices! [except for Jim Dale's Hermoine, that was just insulting, or John McDonough doing ANY female voice, as he always sounds like a crack-addicted clown in a helium tent....but I digress]). It kind of reminds me of the cool babysitter reading your favorite book right before bedtime, but you want to pick a good long book so bedtime will be later, and she doesn't mind. Yeah, listening to Felicia Day is something like that. And this would be a good book for the cool babysitter to read! Not a lot of gore (sure, a sliced hamstring, but that's standard in kiddie-lit nowadays, right?) and there's even a good moral about setting aside differences for a common cause, or something. Anyway, had fun, enjoyed the story, and the narration made it better. Highly recommended.
June 11, 2015
I really enjoyed it. It's my favorite so far of the series. I loved how Felicia made different voices for all the characters (very helpfull since some of the names mixed in my brain). It was funny how the goblins' voices were a little like Gollum's.
August 20, 2014
Love listening to Felicia day she reads with such enthusiasm and uses different voices/accents making it lots of fun to listen too.
August 22, 2014
Very enjoyable story.
June 18, 2015
Great short story adds a little more to the characters by seeing their beginnings.
June 7, 2021
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
January 4, 2017
Excellent narration by Felecia Day. She does a wonderful job doing various voices of characters within this short story which made this enjoyable.
June 18, 2015
Great short story adds depth to the characters by showing their beginnings.
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