On the borderlands of the Kingdom of Deran, a young forest scout named Dar Cabot fights off an attack by goblin warriors and finds the ruins of a village, its homes destroyed and people slain. Eager for justice and motivated by a family secret, he enlists the help of an unlikely combination of allies: a halfling spy with a hidden past, the adopted son of a famous wizard, two half-elven sisters from a enemy land, a widowed priestess of the Elven god...

Freelance sell-swords no longer, the Grey Riders are elevated to rank and title for their role in the defeat of the Lich Princess in Helm of Shadows, but they have some unfinished business. Eric Indidarc is driven to atone for the evils of his parents, leaders of the Crossed Swords Assassins Guild. He leads the Riders on a perilous mission to bring them to justice. Meanwhile, the Alenar sisters infiltrate dangerous lands, seeking remnants of ancient...

With the vanquishing of the murderous Crossed Swords Guild in "Assassin Prince", no one would blame the Grey Riders for resting on their well-deserved laurels. However, the evil Ja'al cult is not done with them, nor, indeed, with the rest of the world of Damora. The Riders fly their pegasi to far-flung locales, seeking to destroy the Skull Gates, portals to hellish lands that are rumored to bring in daemons intent on mayhem and destruction. However,...