The Orc King book review

The Orc King, by R.A. Salvatore is about a drow (kind of like elf only with white hair and pitch black skin) by the name of Drizzt Do'urden. In the book, the orcs, led by their fearsome king Obould, have mounted a huge conquest over the land. Now the only thing in their way of total domination is the grand dwarf city of Mithral Hall. When a cold winter and Mithral Hall stands in his army's way, Obould is forced to come to a startling conclusion. To truly have the newly formed orc kingdom of Many-Arrows benefit, he would have to take a drastic measure: make peace with the dwarfs and all the other civilisations beyond the walls of Mithral Hall. Now with orc conspirators trying to get Obould to fight and break the peace, Drizzt and his friends must find a way to keep it even if it means killing the king themselves.

The theme of the book is there never is peace without cost. There is a lot of examples in the book but this one really stuck out to me. Near the end of the book, King Bruenor, the king of the dwarves, believes that its his job to wipe out the orcs once and for all and make peace that way. Drizzt eventually gets him to realize that his way would end up with a lot more dead than just signing the peace treaty with Obould. That's why I think that the theme of this book is there is no peace without cost.

I really think that the real reason this book appealed to me was because I'm a real big Dungeons and Dragons fan and so this book really sparked my interest. Another reason is that I have always had a love for good fantasy thrillers with lots of adventure and fighting.

The Orc King is more mature book with a lot of different takes on life so I would recommend it to people that are looking for a good, hard core, read. I also recommend this book to people who, like me, have a love for D&D and great fantasy thrillers. It's a good book from a great author. That's why I recommend this book to other 7th grade readers.