''The Alabaster Staff'' is a

fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fa ...

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, set in the

Forgotten Realms ''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as ...

fictional universe. It is the first novel in "The Rogues" series.

Plot summary

A young street performer is drawn into a twisting plot of double-crossings and betrayals, at the center of which is the artifact of great power known as the Alabaster Staff.

Reception

In a moderately positive review, critic

Don D'Ammassa Donald Eugene D'Ammassa (born April 24, 1946) is an American fantasy, science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts ...

wrote that the main character "is a reasonably well developed character and her exploits are fast paced and enthusiastically described."D'Ammassa, Don (January 2004). "Twilight Falling/The Alabaster Staff", '' Chronicle'' 26 (1): 33.

Publication history

*2003, USA, Wizards of the Coast , Pub date 1 July 2003, Paperback.

References

2003 American novels American fantasy novels Forgotten Realms novels {{ForgottenRealms-stub