Táto epická sága sa ponorí do srdca Faerûnu, kde sa starodávne zlo prebúdza zo svojho spánku. Sledujte, ako sa hrdinovia stretávajú s temnými silami, ktorých tiene sa plazia z púšte, aby pohltili prosperujúce mestá. Toto dobrodružné fantasy dobrodružstvo skúma témy odvahy, obete a boja proti nevyhnutnej skaze. Je to príbeh o nádeji, ktorá sa skrýva aj v najtemnejších hodinách, a o tom, ako aj tí najmenší môžu ovplyvniť osud sveta.
The Lady has spoken to me.It has already begun .Shadows move out of the shrinking desert, south to the rich and arrogant cities of Sembia.“Be brave, little man,” says the shadowman, and the boy thinks his voice is surprisingly soft. “Stay with your mother. This will be over soon.”The shadows swallow him and he is gone.On the edge of a war that will change the face of Faerûn, the world will find that not all shadows serve Shade.
Tamlin Uskevren, the lord of Selgaunt, is faced with saving his city as Sembia is threatened with civil war and Erevis Cale and Riven cross the Plane of Shadow on a quest to recover the divine power stolen by Kesson Rel.