''Ascendance'' is the first novel in the second DemonWars Saga trilogy by

R. A. Salvatore Robert Anthony Salvatore (born January 20, 1959) is an American author best known for ''The Legend of Drizzt'', a series of fantasy novels set in the Forgotten Realms and starring the popular character Drizzt Do'Urden. He has also written ''The ...

. The book is also the fifth out of seven books in the combined DemonWars Saga.

Plot summary

The novel ''Ascendance'' begins the tale of Aydrian Wyndon, a tortured and lonely young man raised by the Touel'alfar to be a

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even greater than his father and to, hopefully, be the salvation of the

elves An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology. They are subsequently mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's Icelandic Prose Edda. He distinguishes "ligh ...

. The plans of the Touel'alfar go awry due to Aydrian's own arrogance, cultivated by a dark force. When he leaves the home of the elves, events occur which bring about great sorrow for himself, his mother and the kingdom.

References

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