R. A. Salvatore is a well-respected writer of heroic fantasy. In The Demon Spirit and its predecessor, The Demon Awakens, Salvatore has created a new and amazing world peopled with heroes worthy of the name and enemies fairly reeking with evil. Some of the narrative and dialogue is a bit stilted, and the protagonists, while interesting and certainly heroic, are not painted as richly as I would like. Still, the richness of the setting, the intricacy of the plot, the believable secondary characters, and the decidedly evil villains, all demonstrate why Mr. Salvatore is arguably one of the best heroic fantasy authors writing today. The Demon Spirit is the second book of a trilogy that began with The Demon Awakens.
Salvatore fans are already clamoring for the third book.