The long-awaited return of one of fantasy’s most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do’Urden, in a new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore.

Centuries ago, in the city of Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders, the City of Drow, nestled deep in the unmerciful Underdark of Toril, a young weapon master earned a reputation far above his station or that of his poor house. Zaknafein. The greater nobles watched him, and one powerful matron—Malice—decided to take him as her own. She connived with rival houses to secure her prize, but it was ultimately the roguish mercenary Jarlaxle who caught him. Thus sparked the birth of two key moments in Menzoberranzan history: the coupling of a noble and a weapon master that would produce Drizzt Do’Urden...and the friendship between Zaknafein and Jarlaxle.

R. A. Salvatore reveals the Underdark anew through the eyes of this unlikely pair and provides a fascinating prelude to the journeys that have shaped the modern-day Forgotten Realms.

And there Zaknafein and his son Drizzt will be joined together in a series of trials that parallel those of centuries long past. As long as the scourge of the goddess Lolth’s ambitions still remains, both father and son are determined to keep her dark will at bay.