Erevis Cale The loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret. Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevrens in jeopardy. Erevis must finally prove his loyalty — to the city and to the Uskevrens. He won't get a second chance.

When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is dicovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger, she has fogotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and decption, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems.

When a rival house comes looking for blood, Talbot Uskevren, the second son in his family spends his days developing his swordfighting and acting skills, while fighting an inner battle.

The unacknowledged, half-elf daughter of Thamalon Uskevren, Larajin finds herself caught in the middle of a bitter conflict between elves and humans as she struggles to bring peace to the warring races, confronts a twin brother she has never known, and must save a half-brother whose own fate hangs in the balance. Original.

Wounded in body and spirit, Tazi, the only legitimate daughter of the wealthy Uskevren family, embarks on a perilous odyssey that takes her from the security of Stormweather to the dark underbelly of Selgaunt and the heart of the Calim Desert in search of an old enemy who holds the key to her ultimate salvation. Original.

After a sorcerous attack on Stormweather Towers destroys a good part of his family, Tamlin, heir to the Uskevren fortune, finds himself thrust unexpectedly into the role of family leader, a position that makes him the target of greedy would-be heirs. Original.