Rose Knight Linsha Majere, working undercover for the Solamnic's Clandestine Circle, earns a place on the elite bodyguard of Hogan Bight, the mysterious lord governor of Sanction. She quickly learns the governor is not the only one who needs protection in a city threatened by an active volcano about to erupt, a death ship filled with an unknown plague, the ever-watchful Legion of Steel, and the subversive Knights of Neraka. But who will protect Linsha from her own heart?

Ruled by the Knights of Neraka, the beautiful and glittering city of Palanthas confronts an old threat when the Thieves' Guild, once crushed by the Dark Knights, begins to rebuild itself, intent on regaining its lost wealth and power.

Youthful mage Ulin Majere and his traveling companion head for the port city of Flotsam to identify a murder victim, only to find themselves caught up in a dangerous web of conspiracy, a clever gang of thieves, the Knights of Neraka, and a deadly red dragon that is terrorizing the local populace. Original.

Mikal Vardan and his companions are delighted when they stumble upon a hidden route to the Dragon Isles, a legendary land of adventure and treasure, but they soon discover that they must take on a beautiful sea elf scavenger who do anything to seize the wealth of the island's lost civilization and a menacing sea dragon out to bring down a reign of terror on the peaceful land. Original.

When the inhabitants of a peaceful rural village are menaced by the arrival of a band of renegade warriors in search of slaves, their only hope lies in a motley group of would-be saviors consisting of a shipwrecked sailor, minotaur poet, kender treasure hunter, half-ogre, digraced foot soldier, and eccentric sorcerer. Original.