Drizzt Do'Urden, a dark elf, and his allies--Wulfgar, a barbarian warrior, and Bruenor, a dwarf--try to unite the people of Ten-Towns to face the dangerous magic of the crystal shard.
As Matron Baenre prepares an assault on Drizzt Do'Urden and Mithril Hall, the ruling houses begin to fall. One family unleashes potent nonmagical forces and rises to power. Only an ancient dwarven king and allies from the depths can save the people from complete domination.
Forced to end his carefree life aboard the Sea Sprite, Drizzt and his companions journey from the Sword Coast to the Shining Mountains, where they forge new alliances, renew old friendships, and battle an evil that seeks to destroy them.