Contents

PROLOGUE

A FEW WEEKS REST

AWAY FROM IT ALL

THE TIME AND PLACE

A TIME OF LEARNING

FOUL DEEDS AND FAREWELLS

OLD WAYS FOR NEW

INTO DANGER

GUARDIAN OF THE CRYSTAL

FIRST ENCOUNTERS

RETURN TO MERIANDOR

MIXED RECEPTIONS

UNEASY PARTNERSHIPS

LIGHTNING STRIKES

FIREFIGHT

PREPARATIONS

THE BATTLE FOR MERIANDOR

SHEGRIMOTH

THE SOUTHERN LANDS

GHOLTHOS

DARKNESS FALLS

KALDSHARD

A HIGH PRICE

REUNIONS

SERENDIPITY?