The Hunter is back

The Lone Drow is probably the darkest book in the Drizzt storyline so far. It felt a lot like Exile when Drizzt was wandering the underdark trying to find his real identity and hunting down any lurking monsters down there. The second book in the Hunter's Blades Trilogy is a continuation of the uprising of the orc army led by orc king, Obould who starts to gain considrable charisma and power after a ceremony.

Drizzt is once more on his own, hitting and running orc camps desperately thinking that all his friends perished after the collapse the Swallow. There are also more deaths of key characters during the course of the book and some very visceral injuries dealt on both our heroes and allies. The alchemy of the Gnome Nanfoodle is a nice diversion from the other books as shown by his devasting plan.