An unexpected encounter in Icewind Dale leads the heroes of Mithral Hall to believe that Wulfgar is in trouble or dead, and their alarmed friends set off in search of the barbarian. The trail leads them far - to a pirate lair on the seashore, where the treacherous Sheela Kree hides the Fang of the Protector. Wulfgar cannot find himself, and this interferes with his happiness with his wife and daughter, so he also sets out on a dangerous path, hoping to find his glorious hammer and finally gain spiritual integrity. And on Drizzt's trail is a mysterious elf, obsessed with a thirst for revenge. The destinies and paths of heroes and their enemies will intersect in Golden Bay on the coast of the Sea of Swords.