Series
Spearwielder's Tales
R. A. Salvatore · 3 novels · 1993–1995
R. A. Salvatore's trilogy follows Gary Leger, bored with life after college, who wanders into the woods behind his house and stumbles into a fantasy world populated by elves, dwarves, witches, and dragons, and finds himself mistaken for the realm's long-lost hero. The Woods Out Back, The Dragon's Dagger, and Dragonslayer's Return follow Gary as he's pulled back into that world again and again, growing into the role thrust on him.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Spearwielder's Tales at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:portal fantasytransported to another worldsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Dragonslayer's Returndarkest · most intense
- The Woods Out Backbrightest · calmest