With Errtu defeated, Crenshinibon has been recovered. Wulfgar has been saved from his torment. Regis has gotten his three breakfasts. The Companions of the Hall should stand reunited and victorious—but not all is well for Drizzt and his friends. 

Wulfgar, while freed, struggles with anger and bloodlust. Regis’s ruby pendant—once the property of his old master—seems to be a magnet for all things evil and wicked. And on Drizzt’s quest to finally destroy the evil Crystal Shard, the artifact instead falls into the hands of the dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle and his unlikely ally: Artemis Entreri.