Evil is indestructible, and persistently pulls its claws even from the grave. It seemed that Crenshinibon, the evil magic crystal that subjugated its owners, had been destroyed a long time ago. But it was not there. The old blind dragon Hephesus, whose fiery breath once incinerated a dangerous artifact, now, years later, becomes a conductor of the evil will of the stone and its guardians. He becomes the King of Ghosts, a monstrous monster who can control death itself. This became possible because the previous laws of the universe were shaken. Magic seems to have gone wild - Mystra's Yarn disintegrates, and its uncontrollable threads have an unpredictable effect on those unlucky enough to be in their path. This is how Catti-brie, the beloved wife of Drizzt Do'Urden, suffered, and the dark elf goes for help to his old friend Cadderly, the abbot of the Temple of the Soaring Spirit.