Storm of the Dead Prelude Available

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Storm of the Dead Prelude Available

Post by Shir'le E. Illios »

A site calling itself “[url=http://www.o-love.net/realms/sam_lad.html:hnk6ca0h]Forgotten Realms: The Library[/url:hnk6ca0h]” has added a sample for the second book in The Lady Penitent series (called “Storm of the Dead”). Though I’m unfamiliar with how official the site is (it looks like a fansite), the text seems legitimate.

The text seems to contain the entire Prelude of the book which, just as in the first book (“Sacrifice of the Widow”), describes a sort-of metaphysical sava game (a sort of chess) between the goddesses Eilistraee and her mother (and enemy) Lolth with the sava pieces representing the characters in the story.

The text seems to confirm a few things that weren’t completely certain from the end of the previous novel, as well as some of the consequences this has for our goddess (I’m not trying to say what for those that haven’t read the first novel yet). Let’s just say that things are looking a bit… unstable for Eilistraee.

And, as the title of the book suggests for those familiar with the drow pantheon, the prelude confirms that Kiaransalee (drow goddess of undead) will play a prominent role in the second book.

Obviously the prelude contains some big spoilers regarding the previous book, so if you haven’t read that one yet then you might want to keep from reading the text (as well as the following quote).

The first few paragraphs of the sample read as follows:

[quote:hnk6ca0h][b:hnk6ca0h]Prelude[/b:hnk6ca0h][/size:hnk6ca0h]

The sava board hung in a space between the planes, a bridge between the realms of two rival goddesses.
[t:hnk6ca0h]On one side was Lolth’s realm[html]—[/html]the Demonweb Pits[html]—[/html]a blasted ruin of blackened rock, overshadowed by a dark sky the color of a bruise. Eight pinpoints of ruddy light shone down with a fitful glow, turning blood-red the spiderwebs that drifted on the wind. Souls drifted with them, their agonized screams and howls rending the air.
[t:hnk6ca0h]On the other side was Eilistraee’s realm, a forest dappled with light and shadow. Thick branches screened the moon, the only source of illumination. It hung in the sky, unmoving, a blade-straight line bisecting its face. Half illuminated, half in shadow[html]—[/html]like the moonstone fruits that hung from the branches below.
[t:hnk6ca0h]Songs drifted through the woods on which the half-moon shone: a multitude of duets. High, female voices paired with mid-range male voices. Yet some of the male voices had an edge. They sounded strained, pain-choked, as though forced to sing in a higher range than they were accustomed to. Other male voices droned in low bass, obstinately repeating the same phrase over and over: a melodic background at odds with the rest of the music.
[t:hnk6ca0h]Eilistraee’s realm had once been a place of perfect harmony. It had grown larger, made stronger by a recent influx of souls. Yet that potency was the product of an uneasy compromise.
[t:hnk6ca0h]The goddess, too, had changed. Eilistraee stood naked, her ankle-length hair the only covering for her velvet-black skin. Her hair had once been uniformly silver-white but was streaked with black. Her twin swords floated in the air, one at each hip. One still shone silver bright, but the other had turned the color of obsidian. Across the lower half of the goddess’s face was a faint shadow, a trophy of her recent victory: Vhaeraun’s mask.
[t:hnk6ca0h]As Eilistraee waited for her opponent to move one of her sava pieces, a hint of red glinted in her otherwise moonwhite eyes.[/quote:hnk6ca0h]
You can get the entire sample, as well as a sample of the first book, [url=http://www.o-love.net/realms/sam_lad.html:hnk6ca0h]here[/url:hnk6ca0h].

Enjoy the read. And thanks to [url=viewtopic.php?t=745:hnk6ca0h]Neyinssin[/url:hnk6ca0h] for pointing out the existence of the sample. :)


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Post by Bhaern Quel »

The text can be found at WotC in zip format at http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Downloads/ ... 337400.zip it is easier to go to http://www.o-love.net/realms/sam_lad.html and should use less user resources.
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Post by DarkShinobi »

This site is very good, I have it in my favorites for a long time. And, yes, it's postages are all official samples of the pre-release books.


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I am very worried about Vhaeraun.
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