Book Review: The Pirate King

The book The Pirate King by R.A. Salvatore is yet another book about the heroic drow ranger Drizzit Do'Urden. This one takes place four years after my first book review The Orc King. In the book, Drizzit and his halfling friend Regis have set out to see their old barbarian friend Wolfgar. In their travels they come across the port town of Luskan, a dangerous city full of crime and betrayal the perfect setting for a Drizzit book. They soon find themselves caught in the middle of huge rebellion at war with the Arcane Brotherhood and their undead leader Greith. Through the chapters after that they mount an attack on the Hosttower of the Arcane which Greith explodes with a magic staff killing 3/4 of the population of Luskan but freeing it from his iron rule. Later Drizzit's friend Dodermont, one of the leaders of the rebellion, is elected governor of Luskan. Then everything goes down hill. The five ruling gang lords of Luskan all turn against each other causing a huge civil war. Will Luskan survive this time of turmoil or will it become the home of the new Pirate King?

I think that the theme of the book is mind your own business or bad things will happen. Here is an example I found in the book. In the beginning of the book a Waterdavian lord talked Dodermont into helping him in the rebellion against the government in Luskan. Not for any good reason but just for his own personal gain so he could look like a hero. The result of that was the death of the Waterdavian lord, Dodermont, and many of Luskan's population in the rebellion and the civil war. That is why I think that the theme of this book is mind your own business or bad things will happen.

I would defiantly recommend this book to other 7th grade readers for these reasons. One, it's a wonderful book and is a good long read. Two, the author has a great insight on life and because of that the book makes you think. Three, it's a Drizzit book so what's not to like. For these reasons and many more, I say you should defiantly read R.A. Salvatore's The Pirate King.