''Bury Elminster Deep'' is a fantasy novel by

Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the ''Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for '' Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sol ...

, set in the world of 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 a ...

, and based on the ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (T ...

'' role-playing game. It is one of the novels in "

The Elminster Series ''The Elminster Series'' is a series of fantasy novels by author Ed Greenwood. The novels are set in the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting created by Greenwood for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. The series focuses on the titula ...

". It was published in hardcover in August 2011 and in paperback in June 2012.

Plot summary

Elminster Elminster Aumar is a fictional character appearing in the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. He is also known as the Sage of Shadowdale, and is depicted as a powerful wizard featured i ...

has been rendered bodiless and unable to perform magic by the Spellplague and the death of his goddess Mystra. He tries to find a way to stop Lord

Manshoon ''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 a ...

from taking over the kingdom of

Cormyr ''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 a ...

Reception

John Ottinger III from '' Black Gate'' comments that "Greenwood has played a little too long and a little too roughly with his best character. Elminster is losing form and therefore losing interest for the reader. ''Bury Elminster Deep'' is monotonous and boring." ''Bury Elminster Deep'' received a positive review from ''California Bookwatch'', which called it "a top pick for any fantasy collection".

References

{{reflist 2011 American novels 2011 fantasy novels Forgotten Realms novels Novels by Ed Greenwood Wizards of the Coast books