The world is changing around Drizzt Do'Urden, he has to pay off old debts and correct past mistakes. Dwarves and orcs are once again gripped by mistrust and hatred of each other. And when a new orc king takes the throne, and their main god calls for war, the bloodthirsty creatures happily answer the call. After several decades of peace, battles are raging again in the North. The blades of the dwarves are crossed with the swords and axes of old enemies. Having tasted blood, these blades will not return to their sheaths soon - not before the snows of the Spine of the World turn scarlet. Amid this chaos, the Companions from Hull fight, and Drizzt is forced to defend himself, his newfound friends and his second home from the villainous machinations of his own treacherous relatives. The companions from Hull returned from the land of the dead, but only to again see the collapse of peaceful life on the Silvery Moors and engage in a desperate battle.