Dark Warrior Rising

A Novel of Niflheim

Ed Greenwood

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Orivon Firefist was captured as a six-year-old child by the Nilfghar—the dark elves—who attacked his village by night on one of their surface raids.
 
Fifteen years later, he is a moon-pale, scarred, muscular giant of a man, who has spent his days at forgework for a dark elf family. He is also forced to use his great strength to shift furniture in the grand rooms of their castle. He has been trained (and flogged and ordered about) by the beautiful Tsarnarra, a lash-wielding matron who is icily cruel, but proud of the slaves that she has trained.
 
Through all of this, Orivon’s spirit has never been broken. He longs to return to the surface world, even if that means destroying the entire dark elf empire along the way!

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1The Towers of TalonnornDrink, drink down the juksarr, Let none now moan nor mourn, For we fare forth fast and far At last to bright Talonnorn.--Niflghar way-chantIt was as long as four large wagons, yet looked like a tiny insect flitting among the stone fangs of the Outcaverns. Silently it flapped and banked, dodging through the great columns of rock with smoothly scudding familiarity. It was batlike and black, and held its long neck as straight as a lance, baleful eyes burning in the darkness.

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"A page-turning, swash-buckling thriller of a tale of dark elven magic."
--J. Robert King, editor of Realms of the Underdark on Dark Warrior Rising

"No one is more adept a world builder or as entertaining a storyteller as Ed Greenwood."--Douglas Niles, co-author of Forgotten Realms: Menzoberranzan – The Famed City of the Drow Revealed at Last!

“Ed Greenwood is a master of fantasy adventure world-building. His magic and wizardry are wondrous to all.”
--Margaret Weis, author of Master of Dragons
 
 

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Eden  rated it  
Jun 20, 2009
Orivon Firefist was stolen from his village as a young child by the dark elves and turned into a slave.
15 years later he is one of the best blacksmiths and serves the Nifl-she, Lady Taerune Evendoom. Taerune trained Orivon and is very proud of all the slaves she has trained.But, Orivon hates ...more
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Craig  rated it  
Apr 13, 2011
Dark Warrior Rising had such a good leading character who has the reader pushing for him on each and every page. A man that rugged and that masculine strutting around taking blows and dishing out ten times the crap given. His hardships and situations truly sucked and along with his slaver, for he a ...more
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Joshua  rated it  
Aug 5, 2009
Ed Greenwood puts an interesting spin on what I know from Salvatore's dark elves. ...more
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Ed Greenwood is the creator of the bestselling world of the Forgotten Realms as well the Band of Four series. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

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Dark Warrior Rising
A Novel of Niflheim
Ed Greenwood

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Fantasy
July 2008
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765356949
ISBN10: 0765356945
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 368 pages
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September 2007
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ISBN: 9780765317650
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