''Spellfire'' is a fantasy novel written by

Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the ''Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for ''Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold ...

and published in 1987. It is the first novel in

's book series, ''Shandril's Saga'', and takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting based on the '' Dungeons & Dragons''

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

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Plot summary

The book follows the journey of an orphaned girl named Shandril who later leaves her home and embarks on a journey, thus discovering love, and of course

Spellfire ''Spellfire: Master the Magic'' is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) created by TSR, Inc. and based on their popular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role playing game. The game appeared first in April 1994, shortly after the introduction of ...

Reception

In the '' Io9'' series revisiting older ''Dungeons & Dragons'' novels, Rob Bricken commented that "This book is ''terrible''. It's the sort of top-to-bottom awfulness I expected to encounter when I started looking back at these D&D novels but then forgot about after I was lulled into a false sense of security by nominal competency of the first few books."

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External links

* http://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/2789369-spellfire-shandril-s-saga-1 - several editions of this book exist. Later editions added several chapters. 1987 American novels 1987 fantasy novels Forgotten Realms novels Novels about orphans Novels by Ed Greenwood {{US-novel-stub