Crown of Fire: Shandril's Saga, Book II

Probably the best in the trilogy. The creation of the crown of fire was a great prestige class trait for 1 player character/plot device in a campaign, but with so many other things to do in a campaign, to target a single character with as much attention, left some of the other characters out in the cold. Now that's the critique for the game. The novel itself was like I said, the best in the trilogy. But unless you are a completionist and attempting to read the Forgotten Realms in chronological order like me, then there's no need to focus on this story.

It does include a few Elminster appearances though, so if you are approaching his story, then this might be required for you to see Elminster across multiple generations.