The Temple of Elemental Evil (novel) explained

The Temple of Elemental Evil
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Fantasy novel
Media Type:	Print (Paperback)

The Temple of Elemental Evil is a 2001 fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid. It is set in the world of Greyhawk and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, specifically the adventure T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil.^[1]

Plot summary

The heroes entering the Temple seek to find a way to save the world from a demon struggling to escape captivity and an evil demigod working to gain control over the demon.^[2]

Development

The Temple of Elemental Evil was published in May 2001.^[3]

This book is a novelization of The Temple of Elemental Evil adventure and features characters based on the characters that Reid developed with his friends while they played the module during college in a Greyhawk campaign.

Reception

Reviewing the novel for Science Fiction Chronicle, Don D'Ammassa wrote that although it is "not earthshaking", the story is "well paced and logically developed, and there's even some reasonably good characterization."^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Seven Greyhawk Classics of the Ancient World . Black Gate . 25 September 2011 .
2. Book: Slavicsek. Bill. Bill Slavicsek. Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies. For Dummies. 2005. 375. 2009-02-12. 978-0-7645-8459-6. Baker. Rich. Richard Baker (game designer). Kim. Mohan. Kim Mohan.
3. Web site: WotC Product Library: The Temple of Elemental Evil . wizards.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20011118123533/http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?WTC21864 . November 18, 2001 .
4. D'Ammassa, Don (September 2001). "Greyhawk: The Temple of Elemental Evil", Science Fiction Chronicle 22 (9): 42–44.