Series
The Crimson Shadow
R. A. Salvatore · 3 novels · 1995–1996
Luthien Bedwyr takes up the identity of the masked thief known as the Crimson Shadow to rally the peasants and fierce tribes of occupied Eriador against Greensparrow, the wizard-king who rules through fear and dark magic. R. A. Salvatore's trilogy follows Luthien's rebellion from small acts of resistance to open war, building toward a final confrontation that tests whether his own growing magical ability can match Greensparrow's. It's a fairly traditional occupation-and-uprising fantasy, told across The Sword of Bedwyr, The Dragon King, and Luthien's Gamble.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The Crimson Shadow 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
Mood
Grim and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Sword of Bedwyrdarkest · calmest
- The Dragon Kingbrightest
- Luthien's Gamblemost intense