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Book Review of The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 1)

The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 1)
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Isolated in the barren streches of Icewind Dale, the villages of Ten-Towns come under attack by a tribe of barbarians. In the midst of battle, a young barbarian named Wulfgar ends up owing five years of his life to a grizzled dwarf. With the help of Drizzt, a renegade dark elf, the dwarf strives to mold the barbarian into a warrior with both brawn and brains.

Meanwhile, there is no peace for the people of Ten-Towns. The fractioned tribes of barbarians continue to pose a threat, and Wulgar may be the only person who can avert a deadly battle. But an even more dire menace appeares when a weak-willed apprentice stumbles upon a magical crystal shard. The evil shard directs the hapless mage onto a course of destruction that all of Icewind Dale may be powerless to stop.