Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard (Sellswords #1)
With each kill, I grow wiser, and with added wisdom, I grow stronger.\ Powerful assassin Artemis Entreri tightens his grip on the streets of Calimport, driven by the power of his hidden drow supporters. But his sponsor Jarlaxle grows ever more ambitious, and Entreri struggles to remain cautious and in control. Soon, the power of the malevolent Crystal Shard grows greater than them both, threatening to draw them into a vast web of treachery from which there will be no escape.
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Servant of the Shard is the latest offering from New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore, best known for his immensely popular Forgotten Realms novels. Join a cunning drow mercenary to the Crystal Shard, the evil sentient artifact of Icewind Dale, and all the land should tremble. Artemis Entreri, best assassin in all the Realms, watches with trepidation, knowing his position among the hated drow rests on the fate of the one dark elf he has come to trust. His fortunes rest upon a knife edge.
\ From Barnes & NobleBookseller's Report\ The Crystal Shard not only appeared in R.A. Salvatore's very first book; it gave the novel its title. Now the evil artifact once again worms its way into our consciousness with this tale of worse and worser. Plotting to be all-powerful, dark elf Jarlaxle gains control over the Crystal Shard. Or so he thinks until the demonic force overcomes him. His deadly compatriot Artemis Entreri attempts to rescue Jarlaxle, but ails. Only the virtuous Cadderly can snap this mighty evil. (P.S. Our appetite was already whetted: The just-released paperback edition of Salvatore's Spine of the World carried a preview chapter of Servant of the Shard.)\ \
