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| Storm of the Dead (Forgotten Realms: The Lady Penitent, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lisa Smedman
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 31057
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0786947012
EAN: 9780786947010
ASIN: 0786947012
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
Release Date: August 28, 2007
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Product Description
Drow god vs. Drow god!
When Lolth and Eilistraee, two drow goddesses, compete for control of the dark elves of Faerun, more than just the drow are caught in the middle. Though the drow will survive their game, what's at stake is the very nature of what it means to be a dark elf.
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 Amazon, why havent i gotten this? October 15, 2008
I ordered this over a month ago and still havent recieved it. what is going on?
 Great August 29, 2008
Storm of the Dead is the second installment in the Lady Penitent series. First book, The Sacrifice of the Widow, failed to impress me. Had the substance, but lacked any serious character development and most importantly abused resurrection of characters.
This book has a beautiful plot, and generally a great feel to it. The flow is brilliant, and I have to confess I gulped it down in one huge bite. The Author really breathed life into the city of Sshamath, and introduced some new interesting characters. Character of Q'arlynd is as strong as it was in the first book, but other characters get significantly more development in this installment. We really get to know Cavetina, the new Halisstra, and Karas. Things happen for a reason in this book, and motivations are believable. Really nothing bad to say about plot, writing, characters or world building.
Unfortunately, the biggest flaw of the first book still persists here. The author is taking character resurrection so lightly, without any regard to the suspense of the book. Sentences such as "I hope something will be left from her body, so we can resurrect her.", are commonplace.
It is a major flaw in my opinion, but the book sat so well with me, I cant mark it down because of it. Simply a great book, well worth your time.
Good book April 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book it self was a very good read, I'd recommend it to those familiar with Forgotten Realms. Those not too familiar might not understand some of the references, but will still enjoy the book on it's own. I ordered books 1 and 2 at the same time, and was very pleased with the delivery. They arrived in 4 days and in excellent shape, packed carefully and no damage to the book covers at all. Overall, still very pleased with Amazon.
Great Continuation of the Series November 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lisa Smedman has done it again! This book continues the battle for the souls of the drow and follows the struggle of Hilistra Milarn (sp?). The plot was easy to follow and very well written. Many twists in the story made me think wow that is really cool. I for one can not wait for the third book in this series.
Seconds of a book October 16, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book did not have the same fast place flow of the first book. This does not make it in any way worse.In this book, the characters are pitted against some lesser god of death, but this was not where the real emphasis lied. The book was really about the power plays between the Nightwalker/Mask people and Elistree's people. The other main thing it did was set up the next book by introducing that (falsee?) the energy negating stuff in the underdark was growing in power and something had to soon be done about it. I gave it a 4 because the end was so erupt. I believe that was because the defeating of the lesser god was not that crucial to the book growth, but c'mon, she was defeated in like 2 paragraphs.
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