He witnesses the apparent death of the other Companions of the Hall, and turns his attention to slaughtering all of the orcs he can find, whilst reverting again to the Hunter.

Publishers Weekly described it as a "rousing tale of derring-do and harrowing escapes", although in doing so they acknowledged that it was a "light-hearted sword and sorcery novel", which gained some depth through Drizzt's philosophical ponderings about human frailties.

[3] Similarly, Paul Brink, writing for the School Library Journal, acknowledged the author's use of Drizzt to "reflect on issues of racial prejudice".

[4] Fred Phillips of The News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) commented that The Thousand Orcs "shows Salvatore fully recovered from the lull his "Forgotten Realms" books went through in the mid- to late 1990s.

"[5] James Voelpel from mania.com commented on The Thousand Orcs, calling it "a welcome return to the beginnings of Salvatore's fantasy writing, though it seems to be lacking in some respects.