The Annotated Elminster Collector's Edition

A look inside the mysterious mind of Ed Greenwood! TheAnnotated Elminstercollects the first three of Ed Greenwood's classic Elminster novels:Elminster: The Making of a Mage,Elminster in Myth Drannor, andThe Temptation of Elminsterfor the first time in a deluxe omnibus edition. Extensive annotations by the author will provide fascinating insight into not only the books themselves but the process of creation that made theForgotten Realms(R) world this generation's greatest fantasy setting. These three books chronicle the early years of the Realms' most powerful and most colorful wizard, the Sage of Shadowdale, Elminster. Follow Elminster from his humble beginnings as a traveling mage to the tragic collapse of an elven empire, and on to a personal turning point that could have sent him down a path to corruption and darkness.

ED GREENWOOD, creator of the Forgotten Realms setting, is the best-selling author of hundreds of novels, game products, and articles. His most recent novel for Wizards of the Coast is The City of Splendors, a collaboration with Elaine Cunningham. He is also the author of the Band of Four novels published by Tor Books.