[Suzerain of Sheol]

I can understand that. I hesitate to really recommend the Prince of Nothing to anyone who isn't really into psychology and philosophy as well as fantasy, not to mention being able to tolerate what an awful, awful place the setting in those books is.

Oh, and A Song of Ice and Fire is currently being adapted for t.v. on HBO, it's been airing for seven weeks now and it's been pretty great so far. You might look into that to see if you like the story before committing to the books. The t.v. series is called Game of Thrones, which is the name of the first book.

As to Drizzt, I want to say he has 30 novels published about him now, and I think I've read all of them. Because I'm a masochist like that. Like, enough is enough, seriously. Write about a different character, man. I know he's an elf who'll live to be 1,000 but come on. It just gets boring after a while.

I've never read Douglas Niles though I've heard of him. The other 'Realms authors I've read are Ed Greenwood, Lisa Smedman, Tom Reid, and probably a couple of others I can't quite think of at the moment.