Half-demon, half-elf monsters infest the glades of the High Forest, the mountains around Evereska, and the very halls of Evermeet itself. They claim a birthright that was taken from them so long ago even the elves who imprisoned them forgot they existed. For millennia the daemonfey army planned, grew, and waited. Until now... House Dlardrageth is an ancient cabal of demon-spawned sun elves who burn for vengeance against the elven realms that defeated them long ago. Araevin is an elf mage from Evereska who discovers Dlardrageth's return and may have to spend his sanity to defeat them. Ten millennia of hubris, betrayal, failure, and retreat are coming to an end...

The fires of hatred, vengeance, lies, and ambition burn in Cormanthor. Sarya Dlardrageth has gone to ground in the ruins of Myth Drannor, seething with hatred for the elves she thought would be easier to defeat. Malkizid has been summoned from the Outer Planes to serve House Dlardrageth, but this servant won’t rest until he’s become the master. Myth Drannor is a symbol of the elves' greatest failure, but can it one day rise again as their greatest victory?

In the hands of an elf high-mage, the fabled mythals are Faerûn's most potent sources of magical power. But in the hands of a demon princess from a forgotten epoch, they're the most powerful weapons imaginable.

The story of the elves of Faerûn stretches from the dawn of history to the battle for the future of a world in constant upheaval.