Product Description
The New York Times best-seller is now in paperback!Now available in paperback, Extinction is the fourth title in the epic Forgotten Realms series about one of the most popular races in the setting. This title landed on the New York Times best-seller list for two straight weeks upon initial hardcover release. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Extinction and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the Forgotten Realms setting.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 36 reviews)

Terrible, please don't let Smedman write again. by Anthony Kenitzki

1 Stars
November 02, 2009
This is the worst book in the series, period. First Smedman broke up the party for no good reason, meaning that we get two or three boring and unrelated plotlines to slog through instead of one quick-paced massive adventure with a large party of capable drow and their extremely interesting interactions. Phaerun and Quenthal are portrayed like idiots, doing things demeaning, out of place, and completely out of character. I suppose it is difficult for the author to write about creative and intelligent people when she is apparently neither of those things to begin with. The subplot with Hallistra is out of place and doesn't really add anything to the whole Lolth story. Why send Hallistra back home overland to begin with? I'm sure some people are entertained by naked drow sisterhood dancing in the moonlight but I'm not. This must be some kind of fantasy of the undersexed lesbian author, because far too much time and valuable page space is devoted to indulging in it. Leave it to Smedman to ruin a great epic storyline. Great job Lisa, in the future please save the rest of us from your "work".

A very good Series by rageftw (Long Beach, CA USA)

4 Stars
April 09, 2009
This book is great as are the other 5 books in this series. I realize my review is not quite as detailed as some would like but, Its honest. Check the books out you wont be disappointed.

Extinction (Forgotten Realms: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book 4) by Stephan Bertrand (British Columbia)

5 Stars
January 19, 2009
Lisa Smedman did a wonderful job with the 4th book, I love how she took Halisstra's faith questioning in the 3rd book and carried it to the surface in Eilistraee's worship, which was a totally logical thing to do. Beside Lisa Smedman shines some light on the followers of Eilistraee, which I we did not know to much about. She did an excellent job at showing another side of the Drow which was very refreshing from the usual chaotic back stabbing evil ways. Fantastic book and definitely one of the best out of the six books in this series.

Enjoyable and continues the story nicely. A transition book. by C. T. Hunter (Gainesville, FL United States)

4 Stars
October 08, 2008
The fourth book of the War of the Spider Queen continues the story nicely. Focusing mostly on Halisstra's conversion to another faith, the constant maneuvering between Pharaun and Quenthel, and the invasion of Menzoberranzen, this book jumps around a lot, keeping the reader entertained. As has been happening throughout the series, the characters undergo slight shifts in behaviour and personality, reflecting the author's view of the story and each individual player. As a couple of other reviewers have pointed out, Pharaun seems to have grown much more powerful as a wizard, and Quenthel seems to have suffered some kind of brain damage or something. Nothing seems impossible for the wizard, while the priestess becomes completely reliant on her personal slave-whip for advice and is easily fooled. Overall though, and contrary to many of the other reviewers, I liked Smedman's writing style. The book flowed smoothly and was entertaining. Really very little to complain about and the story seems to be headed in a good direction. One thing, if typos and errors annoy you, get these books in the mmp edition, where all of those things have been corrected. Apparently they were very prevalent in the original editions. For the best enjoyment, start the series at the beginning and for the best value, get the War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part I, available here on Amazon.

Weakest Yet by Realmsfan525

2 Stars
October 01, 2008
***SPOILER ALERT*** With the previous 3 books I found myself racing through the pages because I was excited about what would happen next to the strange party of drow that seemed to be the last hope for Menzoberranzen. With the 4th book in the series I am racing through it so I can get to a new author! The plot twists lack believability and are border line stupid. Hallistra is a drow, years of living in the underdark should leave her mistrusting, yet her transition in faith happens so fast I feel like it takes away from the character development from the previous titles, and poor Ryld, who was a great character, get's dragged along with her. Phaerun and Quenthel's attempts at betrayal really could have been better thought out and explained. I've been a devoted fan of realms lore for many years now, and have an archive of books from various authors, and Smedman's work thus far is a negative addition to it. The series is worth the painful read, but it really is unfortunate that WOTC butchers the realms with poor choices in authors from time to time, not to mention the spellplague, BLEGH!

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