Servant of the Shard
A new series from New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore!
This book brings two familiar characters into the limelight for the first time!
Jarlaxle, a dark elf assassin, and Artemis Entreri, a human assassin, work together and against each other in Calimport. Their conflict is intensified by the influence of the Crystal Shard, a malevolent artifact that has been rousing trouble in the Forgotten Realms world since its introduction in The Crystal Shard.
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R. A. Salvatore
In a genre known for sprawling maps and ancient prophecies, R. A. Salvatore carved his legacy not just through epic battles, but by giving his heroes a soul.
Long before fantasy became mainstream, Salvatore introduced readers to Drizzt Do’Urden—a dark elf torn between the violent culture he was born into and the moral code he chose to follow. This inner struggle, threaded through fast-paced combat and sweeping world-building, struck a nerve. Drizzt wasn’t just another sword-wielding adventurer; he was a philosophical outsider in a genre that rarely stopped to ask why.
The Sellswords
The Sellswords is spin-off series based on characters and situations from R.A. Salvatore’s best-selling series The Legend of Drizzt, and features the villains-turned-heroes Jarlaxle and Entreri in action-packed adventures across the Forgotten Realms world.
The Sellswords consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series Forgotten Realms

