Not long ago I finished reading the The Lady Penitent Series by Lisa Smedman. This series is set in the Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms setting. The Lady Penitent trilogy series picks up where the War of the Spider Queen series left off. It continues the struggles of the good Drow followers of goddess Eilistraee against the evil minions of the evil Drow goddess Lloth. I have been a die hard fan of the Drow since my earliest days of playing D&D but especially since reading R. A. Salvatore’s book Homeland. Homeland was the first novel which really exposed the evil underworld of the Drow. Since then I have read everything I could get my hands on regarding this evil, yet intriguing, race of elves. So it was only natural that The Lady Penitent would top my reading list. The three book in the series are:

• Sacrifice of the Widow
• Storm of the Dead
• Ascendancy of the Last

The story of the Lady Penitent continued one of the stories from the War of the Spider Queen which was another Forgotten Realms series about the Drow which is one of my favorites. I especially enjoyed the fact that Lisa Smedman gave us a look into other aspects of Drow society: the worship of other Drow deities, other Drow cities, and especially the struggle of the goodly Drow. Smedman does an excellent job of telling the story and developing the characters.

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