- Extinction (novel)
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name = Extinction
image_caption = First edition cover art by "Brom"
author =Lisa Smedman
cover_artist =Brom
country =United States
language = English
series =War of the Spider Queen
genre =Fantasy novel
publisher =Wizards of the Coast
release_date = January 1, 2003
media_type = Print (Hardcover ,Paperback )
pages = 352 pp (hardcover edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-7869-2989-8 (hardcover edition)
preceded_by = Condemnation
followed_by = Annihilation"Extinction" is a fantasy novel by
Lisa Smedman . It is the fourth book of theWar of the Spider Queen hexology.Plot summary
Pharaun summons Jeggred's father, the demon Belshazu, and interrogates him to find a portal to the
Abyss . Belshazu tries to escape, and during the commotion,Ryld Argith andHalisstra Melarn leave the party to pursue their own ends among the surface. Pharaun successfully binds the demon, and learns there is a demon ship that sails on the plane of shadow, and can take them to the Abyss. The party then journeys to an aboleth-filled lake to find this ship, and Quenthel Baenre and Pharaun both devise schemes to get rid of the other. Neither are successful, and they eventually find the ship.Meanwhile, back inMenzoberranzan , duergar and tanarukks are attacking, led again byNimor Imphraezl .Gromph Baenre awakens in a cave nearby, trapped in a small sphere, but with the help of his familiar escapes. He is captured by anIllithid , but by using his cunning drow intellect he is able to defeat the foe. He finds an amulet of light and binds it to Nimor, trapping him in the Shadow Plane.Ryld and Halisstra are happy together, and she eventually converts to the followers of
Eilistraee . It appears that Halisstra is a chosen one among Eilistraees followers, and is sent on a quest to recover The Crescent Blade, a sword that can sever the head ofLloth . She learns she must regroup with her old party to venture once more into the Abyss.During a conversation between Gromph and Triel Baenre, Quenthel recounts her death (at the hands of Drizzt Do'Urden in
Siege of Darkness ) and subsequent resurrection (by Shakti Hunzrin in Windwalker). Quenthel is uncertain what this event means, but anticipates she has been chosen for some special quest by Lolth herself.
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