Books with title The Crystal Shard

Now settled in Icewind Dale, Drizzt Do’Urden finds new friends, foes—and a young barbarian ward with the makings of a hero With his days in the Underdark far behind him, drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden sets down roots in the windswept Ten-Towns of Icewind Dale. A cold and unforgiving place, Ten-Towns sits on the brink of a catastrophic war, threatened by the barbarian tribes of the north. It’s in the midst of battle that a young barbarian named Wulfgar is captured and made the ward of Bruenor, a grizzled dwarf leader and a companion to Drizzt. With Drizzt’s help, Wulfgar will grow from a feral child to a man with the heart of a dwarf, the instincts of a savage, and the soul of a hero. But it will take even more than that to defeat the corrupt wizard who wields the demonic power of Crenshininbon—the fabled Crystal Shard.The Crystal Shard is first book in the Icewind Dale Trilogy and the fourth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Now settled in Icewind Dale, Drizzt Do’Urden finds new friends, foes—and a young barbarian ward with the makings of a hero With his days in the Underdark far behind him, drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden sets down roots in the windswept Ten-Towns of Icewind Dale. A cold and unforgiving place, Ten-Towns sits on the brink of a catastrophic war, threatened by the barbarian tribes of the north. It’s in the midst of battle that a young barbarian named Wulfgar is captured and made the ward of Bruenor, a grizzled dwarf leader and a companion to Drizzt. With Drizzt’s help, Wulfgar will grow from a feral child to a man with the heart of a dwarf, the instincts of a savage, and the soul of a hero. But it will take even more than that to defeat the corrupt wizard who wields the demonic power of Crenshininbon—the fabled Crystal Shard.The Crystal Shard is first book in the Icewind Dale Trilogy and the fourth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their brutal attack on the villages of Ten-Towns seals their fate, and that of the youn barbarian Wulfgar. Left for dead, Wulfgar is rescued by the dwarf, Bruenor, in exchange for five years of service . . . and friendship. With the help of the dark elf, Drizzt, Bruenor reshapes Wulfgar into a warrior with both brawn and brains.But is Wulfgar strong enough to reunite the barbarian tribes? Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf persuade the people of Ten-Towns to put aside their petty differences in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard?

"The Crystal Cup" reveals the struggle a young artist faces when he is taken from his family and forced to work for the king. He is promised freedom in return for his hard work making a perfect crystal vase. But the story takes a tragic twist when he dies immediately following his completion of the vase. The king jeopardizes his reign after displaying the artist's remains alongside the vase during a feast at the castle.

The Shard is Victoria Simcox’s fast-paced sequel to The Warble. A nasty prank goes very wrong, sending Kristina and company back to the land of Bernovem. When Werrien invites Kristina to sail to his homeland, Tezerel, Kristina can’t refuse.All is not well though on the high seas. After Werrien becomes fascinated with a seeing stone, suspicion, guilt, illness and a ghostly hag haunt Kristina.

Gom's dream has come true. His quest is over - so he thinks. But even as he starts life with his mother in her enchanted dwelling, Gom is made to climb the crystal stair. Atop it, he learns that Harga has to leave him, that he must go back to Pen'langoth and find another mentor to teach him magic - and that he has to become a wizard, he has no choice. In the lake city, such old favorites as Carrick, Essie, Shadow, and Jofor are joined by new ones. While looking for his wizard master, he finds once more that things are not always as they seem! Grace Chetwin's "ability to create memorable scenes, as well as her individualized, well-delineated characters," as a ALA Booklist review put it, make bustling lake towns, magic forests, and distant star realms all seem equally real.

I’m Matt – the most ordinary boy you’ll ever meet. Except, that’s not true. I’m the most EXTRAORDINARY boy you’ll ever meet. I can read minds! No, I really can! I was given this weird crystal by an old lady I knew. And I was having a BLAST, listening in on all my friends’ – and teachers’ – thoughts, until one day I overheard a truly EVIL plot. Then I knew I had to try to use its power for something important – to save a life…-- ‘PETE JOHNSON is a master storyteller’ The Bookseller

In a forgotten corner of a distant galaxy, a crystal escape pod drifts through space. Inside this escape pod is the beautiful Princess Sky, who has spent the last thousand years frozen in time. When King Axor hears the tragic tale of her life from a mysterious stranger at his birthday party, he vows to rescue her. He can't search for her himself because of the demands of his kingdom, so he decides to hold a contest to find a champion. A lowly farmer's son called Tik hears about the contest and is determined to be the one the king chooses. The only thing that stands in his way is a fearsome robot dragon. Can Tik defeat this dragon and prove his worth to the king? If so, what strange adventures await him in the void of space? Find out in this action-packed adventure from the pen of C.J. Carter-Stephenson...

This short story was written by Bram Stoker the world famous author of Dracula. It is the story of a young artist who is taken away from his wife and forced to create works of art for a king who wants to have a great feast in his castle. With the promise of freedom so that he can return to his beloved he puts everything he has into creating a perfect vase of crystal. His greatest achievement turns to tragedy when he dies immediately after finishing it. The king risks bringing an equal tragedy on himself when he goes ahead and puts the vase, along with the dead body of its creator, on display at the feast.