Baldur's Gate trilogy (novels)

Several Baldur's Gate novels have been written. Philip Athans, editor of the Forgotten Realms novel line, wrote the first two novels in the Baldur's Gate trilogy based on the storylines of the computer game series. The novels introduce the basic story behind the City of Coin, Athkatla, but avoid several of the games' numerous subplots and only include a few of the NPCs, which is defendable considering the structure of a novel versus that of a game. The Bhaalspawn main character is named Abdel Adrian in the novels.

The third, and final, novel - Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal - was authored by Drew Karpyshyn.


 * Baldur's Gate (1999; set 1368 DR; ISBN 0-7869-1525-0)
 * Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000; set 1369 DR; ISBN 0-7869-1569-2)
 * Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001; set (most likely) 1369 DR; ISBN 0-7869-2630-9)

The novels are often criticized by fans of the series for being inaccurate to the games' original story and spirit, as well as for leaving out or killing off many well-loved NPCs.

A series of unofficial and unpublished e-book novels, were also written by Rhyss Hess and are considered to be much better than the official novels by fans.


 * Baldur's Gate & TOSC Story
 * BG II: SoA & ToB Story (Good Side)
 * Baldur's Gate II Story (Evil Side)