Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call

De: E.K. Johnston

Narrado por: Emily Lawrence

Explore the thrilling origins of the druid Doric in this original prequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

For as long as she can remember, Doric has felt alone. Abandoned by her human parents, she wandered for years before being taken in by a community of Neverwinter Wood elves. But her horns and tail proclaim a tiefling heritage, and even among the kindest of elves, her fledgling druidic abilities mark her as different from the rangers around her. And as humans begin to encroach farther and farther into the once pristine woods, Doric knows she needs to master her druidic capabilities if she is to be any help to her adopted family. With no means of helping Doric themselves, her guardians see no choice but to send her somewhere she can come into her own.

Tucked among the ancient pines of the Ardeep Forest hides the Emerald Enclave, an order of warriors tasked with preserving the natural world. They fight to maintain balance between the forces of the wild and civilization, and in doing so, protect the sanctity of each.

Among their order, Doric begins to find power in her differences. But not all her fellow initiates are so capable of new growth, and as her training continues, Doric is forced to confront the very beliefs that brought her into the Enclave’s fold. If she’s going to protect her home, she’ll have to reckon with her people, her power, and the walls she’s built to keep herself safe from both.

©2023 E. K. Johnston (P)2023 Random House Audio

Classic Tiefling/Druid Story

I felt this was a joy to read! It was short, but fun. And though I'm sure the basics of the story have been done before, it feels familiar and comforting. I'm intrigued by how this will relate to the movie as well.

Loved it!!

I found it very easy to listen to! I hope there will be more stories about Doric and the never winter wood! I will definitely buy those!

It was great!

Could have the red wizards in it. But it was still good. Write one about the movie.

Teiflings are ppl two

It was really good and funny. I personally play DnD and there’s a teifling Druid in the party and he was excited about the prospect of a movie with a teifling Druid. Also it was just good in general.

Good tie in

This is probably one of the best movie tie-in novels I've ever read.
It's a fun D&D story, that is a great lead in to the movie or as a standalone novel.

Great novel

Hi, really enjoyed getting to see why Doric was the way she was. It was a fun novel that gave a lot of insight into her character.

Perfect!

I wish there were more Druid stories. I can’t seem to find any besides moonshea” which I just started. This was awesome. Exactly what I wanted it to be.

Could Have Been So Much More.

The character was a very strong protagonist with a great arc. However, the story itself was anticlimactic, with very little conflict and suspense. In addition, there was very little interaction between Doric, the protagonist and Simon who had a back story in the movie.

If you liked the movie.

Worth a read if you liked the movie and you want some backstory on Doric. She will probably become your favorite character from the film within the first five chapters. The middle of the book gets to be a bit of a chore to get through. It picks back up near the end and did well to hold my attention and tie seamlessly into the opening of the film. If you're just D&D obsessed then this will probably be worth your time too but don't expect a lot of action. Overall, it's fine. Nothing groundbreaking. Feels more like really good fan fiction but it's canon so why not give it a go?

Solid story

The story was good, especially for a movie tie in novel. A lot of characters are introduced in this book, but really just Doric, Open, and Torrieth resonated with me. I especially liked Open. He wasn’t in the book a lot but the parts he was in I really liked and found his character the most interesting.

Really liked the flashback scenes to when Doric was a child alone in the woods. However, it would have been nice if those sections had been their own chapters or were introduced in some way to let you know a flashback scene is beginning. Maybe the physical copy of the book separates those sections better but in the audio version you have to just really pay attention to know when they are switching from present day to a flashback as it will just happen randomly in the middle of a chapter.

The narration overall is really good though and I’d recommend this book if you enjoyed the movie.