Death of the Dragon

Forgotten Realms: Cormyr Saga #3

by Ed Greenwood, Troy Denning

As an enormous red dragon ravages the kingdom of Cormyr, leaving the land at the mercy of goblins and other creatures of the dark, King Azoun IV prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save his beloved realm. Reprint.

Genres: Forgotten Realms, Fantasy, Fiction, Dungeons and Dragons, Science Fiction Fantasy, Collections, Speculative Fiction

416 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.

Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.

In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.

Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[Ward G · Rating 4 out of 5]

This, the third in the trilogy.
Starts off fast and keeps running.

The Goblins now marching in large numbers to war.
The mysteries of the past coming to light.
Including the legend behind the vast dragon. Now also attacking the kingdom.

Revelations of past treason against the crown, and kingdom.
One drawback to this.
Much of the things revealed about the history. Of the deadly Ghazneth enemies.
Was related book one. Usually short single chapters.
So may not be easy to recall who is who.

Hated how one character's fate ended. After coming to like her.
As she developed through the story arc.

Plus some issues not fully closed or completed. To a fullness.
Left as maybe room for further books.

For the most part, all in all. Fans of the mythos and genre.
Should enjoy the pacing, and over all story. To finish the 3 book arc.

[David Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best Forgotten Realms novels I've read. Well written, great story, no dead spots to drag the pace down unnecessarily. Reading the first two books in this series would be recommended, I enjoyed them as well. I think if you choose to skip the first book you could with little consequence on the full story, however.

[Kagan Oztarakci · Rating 3 out of 5]

We hear and obey"

[Jason Fawkes · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't really buy into the series, and there was something just a little bit creepy about this final part.

[Esedemicus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro muy épico, una buena conclusión de la trilogía de Cormyt, en el plano friky me ha encantado el papel del conjuro “deseo”, el más poderoso del sistema de magia de AD&D

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was much better than the second one in the series. I can't say that I liked it more then the first one, which had sooooo much history of the realms in it, but this one was still really good.

The story picked up right where the second one ended, with the king and Steel Princess fighting orcs and goblins in the North, the wizard Vanderghast has been pulled into another demension, and the Heir to the throne, Tanalasta, is fighting the nobles of Cormyr to save the crown.

The stakes are higher in this book because a massive dragon is now commanding the orcs and goblins (which come in waves of thousands every other chapter) and the ghazneths are swarming all over the country causing lots of trouble. I feel like these evil ghazanths are much more understandable in this book, while in the second one they seemed super evil, but with less of a purpose.

The drive of the plot is that Tanalasta has figured out how to destroy the ghazanths and she sets traps for them; catching each one and getting rid of it by forgiving their former crimes against the realm. In between these chapters, the king and Steel Princess are in huge battles where they are completely outnumbered, this aspect does get a little old.

The ending is dramatic. Lots of change to the country of Cormyr, but in the end, the good guys win.

[Carmen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Siempre me ha gustado el primer libro de la trilogía, no sé si será por eso que cuando me econtraba leyendo el segundo y el tercero cada vez me costaba más terminarlos, y ya el tercero fue el remate total para mí: hubiera sido más feliz si hubiera acallado mi curiosidad y contentado con leer el primero, que me pareció bastante cerrado, aún con alguna cosa por ahí suelta. No siempre hace falta terner todas las respuestas.

Pero, ay, pensé que sería como otras trilogías en las cuales el segundo libro es algo más flojo y finalmente el tercero termina de tal forma que sonríes y piensas "ha sido una buena aventura".

No fue el caso.

[Keith Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

The finale of the Cormyr trilogy. I almost gave this 4 stars but then changed my mind. The good-the characters are in actual danger, even main characters. The book satisfactorily leaves the realm changes to justify a trilogy. I hate when you finish a long series and everything is back to how it was at the begining.
The reason I went to 3 instead of 4 stars is after a while I grew tired of the endless slaughter of humans, orcs and goblins. It desensitized you to the death which hurt the story.
Good if you like fantasy

[Kaylah · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be honest this series truly didnt appeal to me, and the main reason was Tanalasta. Everything else was interesting, fun, adventurous and even appealing except her.
My video review: http://youtu.be/z8tl8FrlSL4

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know that this book is focusing on a big war and all, but honestly I found to repeating of adding new characters just to kill them in a horrible way two paragraphs later got a bit tedious. I forced myself to finish reading the book just so I could hurry up and wrap up the trilogy.

[Victoria]

I've read four chapters of this book so far. It's as good as the other two, easily. I just have to finish the book sometime soon.

[Questore]

A harmadik rész mindig jobb mint a 2. ...True :)

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's a big dragon to fight, demons and a swarm of undead. It's not complicated. Isn't this why people read fantasy books when they're teenagers? Yes. I make no apologies.

[Kurt Vosper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the best book in the series, easily....but a bit too repetitive for me and some of the characters who died.....poorly done or just didn't make sense to the story.

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The end of the storyline started in book 2. A very good fantasy read. Loved some of the characters. Very recommended

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite fictional realm in trouble. I like the use of spell components in the writing on wizards. I'll need to search for some of the stats on monsters and magic items.