The Best of the Realms III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham by Elaine Cunningham

Anthology of short stories by Cunningham, The short stories are taken from the previous Forgotten Realms Anthologies, Dragon Magazine and Three new stories.

The stories are:

The Bargain from Realms of Valor, A story of Danilo and Arilyn travelling to Tethyr set shortly after Elfshadow.

The More things Change from Realms of Infamy, Elaith Craulnober before he left Evermeet.

The Direct Approach from Realms of Magic, Lirial in Scullport set between Daughter of the Drow and Tangled Webs.

Secrets of the Blood Spirits of the Sea from Realms of the Arcane, The story of a Wemic and his Elf Captors.

Speaking with the Dead from Realms of Mystery, A story about Danilo, Arilyn and Elaith.

Fire is Fire from Realms of the Deep, About a young Wizard and a Sahuagin invader who meet in the battle in Waterdeep.

A Little Knowledge from Realms of Shadows, About the experimentation to create the Jordaini of Halruaa.

The Great Hunt from Dragon #246, About a band of Malar worshipers attack Elaith and Arilyn.

Stolen Dreams from Dragon #259, A retelling of Speaking with the Dead from Sophie’s point of view.

Possessions from Dragon #282, About a minor character in the Counselors & Kings Trilogy Farah Noor.

Games of Chance from #335, A story about Elaith Craulnober.

The Knights of Samular New, Set after Thornhold featuring Danilo.

Elminster’s Jest New, A song Danilo sang in Elfsong revealed in full.

Tribute New, An ancient story about Waterdeep when it was the small town of Deep Water.

Answered Prayers New, A story about Liriel, Thorn and Sharlarra set after Windwalker

A book of some great stories by one the Realms best. I loved all the new stories especially Answered Prayers as it was a new story about Liriel. As the majority of the stories were about Danilo, Arilyn and Elaith It made for an entertaining few hours of reading. This is a great book especially if you are like me and do not get Dragon Magazine so miss out on some of these great short stories.