Together, Ament, two young Trackers, and a daring Elf princess must defend their ancestral home. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within. Meanwhile, beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. And in the thick of it all, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.

Drizzt Do'Urden, exiled from the surface world, struggles with solitude as he seeks out a new home in the labyrinth of the Underdark and watches for dark elves in pursuit.

Young drow Drizzt Do'Urden struggles to find acceptance in Toril, a world very unlike his own, while trying to evade the dark elves of his past.