From New York Times bestselling author R. A.Salvatore comes a new trilogy and adventure of Drizzt and fantasy’s belovedcharacters from Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms.After the settling dust of the demon uprising and two yearsof peace, rumblings from the Menzoberranzan drow have Jarlaxle nervous. Worriedhis allies may be pulled into a Civil War between the great Houses, he is eagerto ensure Zaknafein is armed with weapons befitting his skill, including one inparticular: Khazid’hea. A powerful artifact, the sword known as “Cutter”has started wars, corrupted its users, and spilled the blood of many, manypeople. Nonetheless—or maybe because of that—the rogue Jarlaxle and a smallgroup of friends will go on an expedition looking for the weapon’s lastwielder, Doum’wielle, in the freezing north, for she may be the key tounlocking the sword’s potential…and perhaps the key to preventing the bloodshedlooming over the Underdark. And as they explore the top of the world, Drizzt is on ajourney of his own—both spiritual and physical. He wants to introduce hisdaughter Brie to Grandmaster Kane and the practices that have been so centralto his beliefs. But, having only recently come back from true transcendence,the drow ranger is no longer sure what his beliefs mean anymore. He is on apath to determining the future, not just for his family, but perhaps the entirenorthlands of the Realms themselves.Two different roads. On one, Jarlaxle and Zaknefein are on aquest to find pieces that could offer salvation to Menzoberranzan. On theother, Drizzt seeks answers that could offer salvation to not just his soul,but all souls. And no matter the outcome of either journey, the Realms willnever be the same again.
