advanced dungeons & dragons™ fantasy role-playing game forgotten realms world-set series #1:
initially advertised as a trilogy: after a considerably greater number, the series was implicitly ended with the announcement of a title as the first ''superharpers'' novel;
in the event this was published as the next harpers novel in the series, which continued to its conclusion with #16:
#1: ''the parched sea'' troy denning (1991), (this book)
#2: ''elfshadow'' elaine cunningham (1991), q.v. also #1 of songs & swords series, with listing thereof
#3: ''red magic'' jean rabe (1991), q.v.
#4: ''the night parade'' scott ciencin (1992), q.v.
#5: ''the ring of winter'' james lowder (1992), q.v.
#6: ''crypt of the shadowking'' mark anthony (1993), q.v.; sequel is harpers series #11
#7: ''soldiers of ice'' david cook (1993), q.v.
#8: ''elfsong'' elaine cunningham (1994), q.v. also songs & swords #2, with link to #1 & listing thereof
#9: ''crown of fire'' ed greenwood (1994), q.v. also #2 in shandril's saga, with link to #1 & listing.
#10: ''masquerades'' kate novak, jeff grubb (1995), q.v.
#11: ''curse of the shadowmage'' mark anthony (1995), q.v.; sequel to harpers series #6
#12: ''the veiled dragon'' troy denning (1996), q.v.
#13: ''silver shadows'' elaine cunningham (1996), q.v. also songs & swords #3, with link to #1 & listing.
#14: ''stormlight'' ed greenwood (1996), q.v.
#15: ''finder's bane'' kate novak, jeff grubb (1997), q.v.
#16: ''thornhold'' elaine cunningham (1998), q.v. conclusion of the harpers series: also songs & swords #4, with link to listing thereof.