Drizzit的第一本短篇小說集,主要來自過去的Dragon雜誌跟短篇集,由Phlip Athans主編。這本應該就是之前傳說的The Best of the Realms, Book IV。
收錄的短篇包括:
The First Notch (Between spring, 1181 & Spring, 1183 DR): Dragon #152, 1989
Dark Mirror (Winter, early 1358 DR): Realms of Valor, 1993
The Third Level (1341 DR): Realms of Infamy, 1994
Guenhwyvar (Spring - Summer, 253 DR): Realms of Magic, 1995
The Curious Sword (1367 DR): Realms of Shadow, 2002
Wickless In The Nether (1368 DR): Realms of Dragons, 2004
The Dowery (Winter, early 1359 DR): The Highwayman, 2004
Comrades At Odds (1371 DR): Realms of the Elves, 2006
If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair (Spring, 1348 - Winter, late 1358 DR): Dragons: Worlds Afire, 2006
Bones And Stones (1370 DR): Realms of War, 2008
Iruladoon (Spring, between 1390 & 1395 DR): Realms of the Dead, 2010
To Legend He Goes: 2010原創,Bob說這篇算是Gauntlgrym前奏的一部分,(這裡有人認為是在early winter, late 1437 DR)
每篇故事前還有Bob說自己在創作時的想法。這本是近來Drizzit系列唯一沒發精裝就直接出小平裝的小說。
Sooner Dead by Mel Odom
背景是Gamma World。
書末的新書預告包括跨界事件The Abyssal Plague的書本大概會有五本小說,從今年三月到九月;Gamma World在七月還有一本小說Red Sails in the Fallout by Paul Kidd;官方世界在Nentir Warriors的標題下預定有兩本小說。合訂本方面:FR世界有好幾本,像Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep都有兩本,分別在七月跟十二月發行;九月的龍槍傳奇;十月有Eberron世界的Draconic Prophecies by James Wyatt(我才剛買齊平裝orz)。
其他還有一系列故事背景在FR的Neverwinter的產品:小說除了預定在十月發行Salvatore的Neverwinter三部曲第二部Neverwinter wood、第三部Icewind Dale將在2012年的10月發行,還有十一月的Brimstone Angels by Erin M. Evans。另外也會出圖版遊戲跟新的電腦遊戲。
由未來發行的作品中也可以看出Forgotten Realms佔了大宗,其次是官方世界,Dark Sun跟Gamma World則是配合遊戲各有幾本。Eberron自去年12月的Lady Ruin以後就再沒有新小說了,開始出合訂本騙錢。Forgotten Realms的待出書單雖然可以排到明年,但只剩下常青樹Salvatore跟Greenwood有新的三部曲,剩下都是獨立作品,或者是三部曲的最終部。這種情況還頗值得玩味......
整理如下(不含Mirrorstone出版;版本無特別說明者為小平裝):
The Abyssal Plague
The Temple of Yellow Skulls by Don Bassingthwaite 3/2011
Sword of the Gods by Bruce Cordell 4/2011 (Forgotten Realms)
Under the Crimson Sun by Keith R.A. DeCandido 6/2011 (Dark Sun)
Oath of Vigilance by James Wyatt 8/2011
Shadowbane by Erik Scott de Bie 9/2011
Dark Sun
Death Mark by Robert Schwalb 11/2011
Dungeons & Dragons
Untold Adventures 6/2011
The Last Garrison by Matthew Beard 12/2011
Dungeons & Dragons | Nentir Warriors
The Lost Portal by A.M. Jenkins 9/2011
The Hidden Shrine by Ree Soesbee 11/2011
Forgotten Realms
Sandstorm by Christopher Rowe 3/2011
Dawnbringer by Samantha Henderson 5/2011
Elminster Must Die by Ed Greenwood 6/2011 (The Sage of Shadowdale I, 小平裝)
The Spectral Blaze by Richard Lee Byers 6/2011 (Brotherhood of the Griffon III)
Gauntlgrym by R.A. Salvatore 7/2011 (Neverwinter I, 小平裝)
Unbroken Chain: The Darker Road by Jaleigh Johnson 7/2011
Bury Elminster Deep by Ed Greenwood 8/2011 (The Sage of Shadowdale II, 精裝)
The Sentinels by R.A. Salvatore and Geno Salvatore 8/2011 (Stone of Tymora III, 平裝)
Cry of the Ghost Wolves by Mark Sehestedt 11/2011 (Chosen of Nendawen III)
Forgotten Realms | Neverwinter
Brimstone Angels by Erin M. Evans 11/2011
Neverwinter Wood by R.A. Salvatore 10/2011 (Neverwinter II, 精裝)
Icewind Dale by R.A. Salvatore 10/2012 (Neverwinter III, 精裝)
Gamma World
Red Sails in the Fallout by Paul Kidd 7/2011
Collection
Empyrean Odyssey by Thomas M. Reid 2/2011
The Last Mythal by Richard Baker 8/2011
Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep I 7/2011
Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep II 12/2011
Dragonlance Legends by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 9/2011
Draconic Prophecies by James Wyatt 10/2011
non-Novel
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons by Shelly Mazzanoble 9/2011
延伸閱讀:
Comprehensive Chronology of RAS Forgotten Realms Works