Richard Awlinson je pseudonym používaný pre úvodnú trilógiu série Avatar vo Forgotten Realms. Tieto diela skúmajú hĺbky fantasy sveta a predstavujú komplexné príbehy, ktoré zaujmú milovníkov žánru. Jeho spisy sa vyznačujú prepracovanými svetmi a pútavými postavami.
The first of an adventure trilogy, "Forgotten Realms". Three adventurers, desperate to escape their dark pasts, search for a magic-user. The only one willing to join them is Midnight, who is escaping from the Gods who hold her reponsible for the death of the magus of the Forgotten Realm.
Having recovered the first Tablet of Fate, Midnight and her allies must travel across the world to Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, and the Realm of the Dead to retrieve the other tablets and complete their quest
Chaos has taken hold of nature and magic snce the gods were exiled from the Planes. The heroes are the only ones who know the location of the first Tablet of Fate, which can save the Realms from the fallen gods