''Spellfire'' is a fantasy novel written by

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and published in 1988. It is the first novel in

's book series, ''Shandril's Saga'', and takes place in the

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setting based on the ''

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Plot summary

The book follows the journey of an orphaned girl named Shandril who later leaves her home and embarks on a journey, thus discovering love, and of course Spellfire.

Reception

In the ''

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'' series revisiting older ''Dungeons & Dragons'' novels, Rob Bricken commented that "This book is ''terrible''. It's the sort of top-to-bottom awfulness I expected to encounter when I started looking back at these D&D novels but then forgot about after I was lulled into a false sense of security by nominal competency of the first few books."

Reviews

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References

External links

* http://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/2789369-spellfire-shandril-s-saga-1 - several editions of this book exist. Later editions added several chapters. 1987 American novels 1987 fantasy novels Forgotten Realms novels Novels about orphans Novels by Ed Greenwood {{US-novel-stub