On one side Lolth, the dreaded Queen of the Demonweb Pits. On the other side Eilistraee, the Lady of the Dance. In between, every dark elf on Faerûn. The Lady Penitent kills in the name of Lolth, and suffers every drop of blood. Qilué dances for Eilistraee, and finds a demonic partner to join her. All of the pieces are in play, the strategies in place, and all that's left is for the servants of dark gods to make their final alliances, say their...

When goddesses sit down to play a game, the stakes are the souls of their worshipers, and their own immortality. Not even the other gods of the Demonweb Pits can resist the draw of that fateful game, and one has already fallen. But there are mortals that can sense even the shifting winds of the Outer Planes, and not all of them are powerless, even in the face of the Queen of the Demonweb Pits. After all, it took a mortal to make Lolth what she's become,...

Assassin Artemis Entreri whisks his kidnapped victim, Regis the halfling, south to Calimport and into Pasha Pook's vengeful hands. If Pook can control the magical panther Guenhwyvar, Regis will die in a real game of cat and mouse. Using an enchanted mask, dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden hides his heritage and races with the barbarian Wulfgar to save their light-fingered friend. An unexpected ally arrives just as Entreri springs a trap. But can Regis survive...