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Starless Night

  • 1993 first published
  • 336 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (10 ratings)
  • 18 editions

Published in 1993, Starless Night is a fae fiction and dragon fantasy novel by R. A. Salvatore. Much of the action takes place in Forgotten Realms. Characters include Drizzt Do'Urden. It deals with elves, magic, wizards and monsters.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 43 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 5 languages.

At about 336 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Starless Night

Return to the City of Spiders!Still reeling from the death of Wulfgar, Drizzt is allowed little time to grieve, for dark elves are massing in the caverns deep under Mithral Hall. To protect his adopted home, he'll have to return to the city of his birth, the evil City of Spiders. Menzoberranzan is one of the most dangerous places in the already perilous Underdark on a good day, but for Drizzt, a renegade with a price on his head, its certain death ever to set foot there again. But Drizzt Do'Urden and his companions have faced certain death before, and will gladly spend their lives for the sake of the dwarves of Mithral Hall.From the Paperback edition.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Elves
  • Magic
  • Wizards
  • Epic fiction
  • Monsters
  • Dungeons & Dragons Novel

Quick answers

Who wrote Starless Night?

Starless Night was written by R. A. Salvatore and first published in 1993.

What genre is Starless Night?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Starless Night?

The median edition has 336 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Starless Night?

Readers who like it often enjoy Eragon, The Hobbit and Dealing with Dragons.

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