500 years ago, the Riders were reformed by Eragon, Arya, and Murtagh, their new home a far off land. Now those who founded it are tearing it apart, both sides trying to force the other to submit to its ideologies, Eragon and Arya holding strong to the old ways, Murtagh believing the only way to save the people of Alagaesia is to establish marshal law. Who will prove the stronger?

Venethiel, a moon elf orphaned in a savage Drow attack, must infiltrate the Drow city of Menzobarranzan to exact her revenge. With the help of her friend, the sun elf Nionwen, and a certain Drow named Drizzt, can she get into Menzobarranzan and destroy the lives of the race responsible for the destruction of her clan, or will she fail, and be killed or enslaved in the underdark?