It is a series of books, Chris, called The Forgotten Realms by R.A.Salvatore. There are like 20 of them-we are on 13 or 14 I think. The main character is a Drow Elf by the name of Drizzt. Cattabrie is a human child who is orphaned by gnomes and adopted by a dwarf king named Battlehammer and grows to womanhood during the series. I love them. They are sophisticated enough for my 20 year old and I but "clean" enough that I can let my 13 year old loose on them. She occasionally has to look up words, or ask the meaning, but they at least are words I don't mind defining. LOL
Stella