The Wanderers of the Hall reunite in body and soul, but are guided by different thoughts. The world is changing again around Drizzt Do’Urden, old debts need to be written off, old mistakes need to be corrected. The dwarves and the orcs look at each other in distrust and hatred again.

Tos’un Armgo and Tiago Baenre make matters worse - worthy of a drow: with a drawn blade, from covering the shadows.

King Obould, who has a multi-branch, embodies peace in the North and must therefore be lost. After a new orc king enters the throne and Gruumsh himself calls for war, the wild hordes gather.

After decades of peace, wars are raging in the North again. Dwarf weapons mow the ancient enemy, and once they taste blood, they no longer rest, not until blood flows from the Back of the World.

In the great turmoil, the Wanderers are forced to fight, and Drizzt must defend himself and his chosen home, as well as his re-found friends, against his own deceitful people.

The Wanderers of the Hall return, but the world falls to pieces again, or perhaps they are just captivated by the fatal cycle of violence and hatred. The cycle that forces one of the most beloved characters in the fantasy genre to fight for his life, his love, and his own soul.