Conflicts will be decided with fisticuffs, card games will be played
for the highest of stakes, and swords will be flashed in this rollicking
Dungeons & Dragons adventure from New York Times best-selling author
R. A. Salvatore.
Maintaining stability in a city full of pirates is a delicate balancing
act, particularly when one is motivated by making sure the common folk
are taken care of instead of simple personal greed. Jarlaxle and his
band of rogues known as Bregan D'aerthe are doing their best,
stabilizing the city after warding off a terrible attack by demonic and
gnoll forces.
But now three merchant ships have been destroyed and sent to the ocean
floor - obliterated in such a quick and brutal manner that it makes
little sense it's pirates seeking plunder. Something is out there on or
under the cold dark waters of the Sword Coast, and it threatens the
trade Jarlaxle will need to bring prosperity to Luskan.
Fortunately, Jarlaxle has powerful and clever allies he can call upon to
help him solve the riddle. But will they do it in time? And even if it's
solved, can the perpetrator be defeated?