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A mixed company of paladins and mercenaries race back to Faerun after the object of their quest is revealed as a threat to peace and order throughout the Realms. But beware! The evil will lead them on a chase that ends in the last place any of them expected...

90 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 9, 1998

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Richard Baker

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A best-selling author and award-winning game designer, Richard Baker is known for his novels in the Forgotten Realms setting and his work on the Dungeons & Dragons game. His Realms novels include Condemnation (book 3 of the War of the Spider Queen), the Last Mythal trilogy, and the Blades of the Moonsea trilogy. He is currently working on a new military-themed science fiction series centered on the character Sikander North; Valiant Dust, the first book in the new series, debuts in November 2017 from Tor Books.

A native of Ocean City, New Jersey, Rich graduated from Virginia Tech in 1988 and went on to serve as a surface warfare officer in the United States Navy. When he's not writing fantasy or science fiction, he works in game publishing. He's the founder of Sasquatch Game Studio, a small game company based in Auburn, Washington.

Rich currently resides in the Seattle area with his wife, Kim, and their daughters Alex and Hannah. His interests include gaming (naturally), history, hiking, racquetball, and the Philadelphia Phillies.

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November 22, 2019
I began thinking that it was boring, but damn the story took pace and just shot out of the park with our villain tasting some of her own medicine and essentialy losing whats her. Awesome read
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October 12, 2021
The best one out of the series BY FAR. Honestly its so good it made going through the 6th book, which was a terrible slog worth it

You want interesting characters? This book got em. Character development and interesting character interaction? Check. Grrat fights? Check. Interesting locations and monsters Check. A deep plot and the culmination of a whole storyline? Check. Interesting evocative writing that doesn't flounder into being needlessly flowery? Check

It truly has everything
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October 31, 2021
My favourite of the series so far as the story starts to fit together and things become clearer.
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