From New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore comes the follow-up to Starlight Enclave and thrilling second novel in his newest epic fantasy trilogy, The Way of the Drow, expanding the Forgotten Realms through the adventures of Drizzt, Catti-brie, Jarlaxle, Artemis Entreri, and Zaknefeinā¦and a society of drow unlike one any elf from Menzoberranzan could possibly imagine.
There's a lot that Jarlaxle doesn't know: is he the lone survivor of the raid on the slaad fortress, can he even find a way to get out of the treacherous ice caverns, and beyond his immediate predicament, could he possibly escape and get help for his friends?
However, what Jarlaxle does know is that if he plans to come backāif Catti-brie, Entreri, and Zaknafein are to have any hope of survivingāhe's going to have to bring back far more firepower. An army of aevendrow seems unlikely, so he must go home and pull together a team of sword and sorcery heroes with great skill and unimaginable power.
But how will he get home? Will such a collection of warriors and mages come to his aid? And even if he manages all that, will it be enough? For Jarlaxle has seen the slaadi's power and their god in a most personal and terrifying way.
Trapped in the ice while the world is on fire, Jarlaxle is in a race against timeāand burdened with a magical secretāto save a peaceful city and his companions.
And he's running out of tricks in his bag of holdingā¦