Kaz, the renegade minotaur, wanders throughout Krynn, stalked by his enemies, but when he hears rumors of evil, he returns to warn the Knights of Solamnia, and becomes once again caught up in danger.
Safrag the sorcerer wields the Fire Rose, a fantastic artifact with the power to remake the world of Krynn, but the half-breed Golgren plans to risk everything to steal the Fire Rose.
Having led the Ogre Titans to victory in battle against an army of undead, Golgren pushes forward in the quest to gain the magical artifact known as the Fire Rose, not knowing the obstacles he may face along the way.
As all of Ansalon braces itself for the return of Takhisis's dragons, tensions rise between the races, and the Companions of the Lance, now separated in the city of Tarsis, continue their quest to find the Gods of Krynn.
Linsha Majere, Knight of the Rose, is confronted with many dangers--an active volcano, a plague-infested death ship--when she becomes part of the elite bodyguard of Lord Governor Hogan Bight, not the least of which is falling in love.
A heroic dwarf sets out into a wartorn land on a quest to recover Stormblade, a magic sword crafted in secret by an elderly dwarf-master for the purpose of breaking a deadlock among the ruling council of Thanes, but which was stolen before it could accomplish its purpose.