The Temptation of Elminster
{{Short description|Book by Ed Greenwood}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = The Temptation of Elminster
| image = File:The Temptation of Elminster (D&D novel).jpg
| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = Ed Greenwood
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Fantasy novel
| published = 1998 (hardcover)
1999 (paperback)
| media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback)
| pages =
| isbn = 978-0-7869-1189-9
| isbn_note = (hardcover)
978-0-7869-1427-2 (paperback)
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| preceded_by = Elminster in Myth Drannor
| followed_by = Elminster in Hell
}}
The Temptation of Elminster is a fantasy novel by Ed Greenwood, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the third novel in The Elminster Series.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7JbAgAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction|last=D'Ammassa|first=Don|authorlink=Don D'Ammassa|date=2015-04-22|publisher=Infobase Learning|isbn=9781438140636|language=en}} It was published in hardcover in December 1998, and in paperback in November 1999.{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?26835|title=Title: The Temptation of Elminster|website=www.isfdb.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-11-16}}
An audiobook, narrated by John Pruden and produced by Audible, was released in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Temptation-of-Elminster-Audiobook/B00FQDVPM8|title=The Temptation of Elminster. Forgotten Realms: Elminster, Book 3|website=Audible|access-date=17 November 2018}}
Plot summary
The Temptation of Elminster moves the time line ahead several centuries. At the outset of the novel, Elminster emerges from a dusty tomb, after being trapped there in stasis for many years.
During much of this book, as under orders from Mystra, Elminster restricts his use of magic, and he must again learn to survive by his wits and the skills he picked up earlier in his life. He later undergoes further magical training under the tutelage of a wicked sorceress who seeks to tempt him away from Mystra's path.
Reception
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