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Books/novels to read?

stomronstomron Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 45
edited March 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
I've already read the whole WH40K library after I was introduced to the WH40K universe through Dawn of War series on PC, but this time I want to read the material beforehand so are there any books that would be relevant or thematic to the Neverwinter universe or this game in particular?
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  • mandodo69mandodo69 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Silverstars Posts: 6
    edited March 2013
    All R.A. Salvatore novels lol
    No for real
    These :
    Gauntlgrym
    Neverwinter
    Charon's Claw
    The Last Threshold

    All by R.A. Salvatore
  • toadoflickingtoadoflicking Member Posts: 168 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Don't forget the Brimstone Angels books: Brimstone Angels and Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils.
  • mnaticmnatic Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 233 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2013
    If you like rouge assasin based novels
    I suggest the Night angel Trilogy By Brent Weeks
    NOT FORGOTTEN REALM OR D&D BASED.
    but hella good
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • gillrmngillrmn Member Posts: 7,800 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    stomron wrote: »
    I've already read the whole WH40K library after I was introduced to the WH40K universe through Dawn of War series on PC, but this time I want to read the material beforehand so are there any books that would be relevant or thematic to the Neverwinter universe or this game in particular?

    "Any" ????

    Pffftttt...

    Don't get sucked up into it. I have spent 20 years eating FR books and I am yet to digest them. Not to talk about fan-fiction, fan-comics and non-canon stories.
  • gillrmngillrmn Member Posts: 7,800 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    oops! Forgot to give a supportive comment too.

    If you are serious, join this:

    http://forum.candlekeep.com/
  • zagemoggazagemogga Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Let me see.
    Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler, Mark Twain, Terry Pratchett... oops :)
    Book of Swords series, Brave new World.

    dunno...
  • enderlin50enderlin50 Member Posts: 993 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Depends on characters you like as to where to start.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • edge1986edge1986 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 647 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2013
    mnatic wrote: »
    If you like rouge assasin based novels
    I suggest the Night angel Trilogy By Brent Weeks
    NOT FORGOTTEN REALM OR D&D BASED.
    but hella good

    Rouge assasin huh? Is that an assassin with red lipstick on?
  • sominatorsominator Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    For sure a good place to start. If you want to go back even further, check out R.A. Salvatore's Icewind Dale
    and Dark Elf trilogies, and go from there.

    On a related note, we'll have a suggested reading list up sometime soon. :)
    mandodo69 wrote: »
    All R.A. Salvatore novels lol
    No for real
    These :
    Gauntlgrym
    Neverwinter
    Charon's Claw
    The Last Threshold

    All by R.A. Salvatore
    Proud member of Team Fencebane, official guild of the unofficial Neverwinter Adventure Hour!
  • stomronstomron Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 45
    edited March 2013
    sominator wrote: »

    On a related note, we'll have a suggested reading list up sometime soon. :)

    That would be awesome, a lot of games need this as a feature of the official website that is easily accessible from the homepage.
  • razorrxgdbrazorrxgdb Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Well if you want to keep up with current events in the realms:

    The Drizzt Series above: Gauntlgrym, Neverwinter, Charon's Claw and The Last Threshold

    This series was actually written to kick off this game.

    now Some other titles:

    Brimstone Angels and Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils.

    This is a series that follows two Tiefling Twin girls and their adopted Dragonborn father. The first book takes place in Neverwinter and has a lot of nice info on factions, etc.

    Cold Steel and Secrets

    This was a series of novellas released as ebooks on Amazon. They tell the story of the crown of neverwinter and the Sons of Nasher. So very good for info on the goings on around Neverwinter as well as some insight to the Powers in charge.

    Shadowbane

    Shadowbane follows a Paladin who is spellscared. The first appearance of Shadowbane was in the Ed Greenwood Presents: Waterdeep series (Good for a read on current forgotten Realms!) and his first book takes place in Luskan. The second book moves away from the Neverwinter area but is still a nice romp.

    The Brotherhood of the Griffon Series involves a band of mercs from Thay. I put this here because Thay is one of the powers at play in Neverwinter. The lich Valindra is a servant of Szass Tam. The campaign mostly takes place around Cormyr I belive, but will give some insight into the new Realms.

    The Haunted Lands is mainly about Szass Tam and Thay.

    The Wilds series is a series of stand alone books, each detailing a different area in the Realms. You get to see how the Spellplague ravaged the world.

    Sword of the Gods

    There are two books in this series about a Deva in Airspur. Nice locations, cool story and a neat character. Airspur is a Genasi kingdom near Cormyr and usually at War (or at least Not friendly with) Tymanther (the Dragonborn kingdom).

    Dawnbringer is a story of love, betrayal, etc. following 2 families and wound around the lives of two Devas, one who is slowly falling toward Rakshasahood.

    Sandstorm tracks a Genasi in Calimshan. A fun story involving a Spying Kenku and his magic circus.

    Venom in her Veins follows a young Pureblood Yuan ti and her adventures in the jungles as well as the Underdark.


    Spider and Stone Is about The Drow Goddess Lloth and her plans to gain even more power by stealing Mystra's. It is set in the underdark amid a battle between Drow and Dwarves. The second book in the Sword of the Gods series also touches on this Plan of Lloths.

    Those are the ones that jump to my mind real quick, there are many many books set in the Forgotten Realms. I would recommend you try a few different ones to see which you like best vs just buckling down and reading the life of Drizzt.
  • bismar7bismar7 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 252 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2013
    Finishing up The last Threshold tonight, AWESOME series imo. (also super happy my favorite character isn't dead... :D)
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  • zagemoggazagemogga Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I started with the first book of swords after reading about this funny lore about Wayfinder here in the forums :) It is kind of cruel in the beginning, where a god creates the swords with the help of several young men from the village who were found dead afterwards by their parents...

    Unfortunately I don't have time to read anything fictional at the moment, but this is a page turner!
  • wininoidwininoid Member Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I'm finding the RA Salvator books to be great for the world building, but meh otherwise The characters are so strong, I never get a sense of danger from them. But he creates some great environments, and it does a great job of taking you from knowing nothing about the world to getting you ready for the game. I'd suggest starting with the four that lead up to the game (mentioned above) to get you situated. A lot of people love his books though, so if that's you, then head back in time to read the rest of his books.

    Brimstone Angels, which I'm reading now, is quite good. Interesting characters and plot.

    I read The Magehound (Counselors & Kings #1) by Elaine Cunningham based on a friend's recommendation. It was good as well, though the action seems to all take place somewhere far from Neverwinter, so it won't help you get ready for the game.

    One thing I've not found in books so far is the story of the spell plague. Is there a book that shows that happening?
  • razorrxgdbrazorrxgdb Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    The Empyrean Odyssey takes place right before the plague and I *THINK* it has it start.

    THe Abolethic Sovereignty Takes place during/after.

    The wilds deals with spellplague lands, etc. so they are pretty good to see what it has done.
  • wininoidwininoid Member Posts: 534 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Thanks! I'll check them out.
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