Into this battleground of good and evil comes a band of 'desperate men', among them, Erik, the bastard son of the Baron of Darkmoor and his boyhood friend, Roo. They join with Calis, neither man nor elf, a being of incredible strength and skills who is apparently ageless; Calis' right hand man, Robert de Loungville who is willing to die for his master - and kill for him as well; Luis the Rodezian, Billy Goodwin and Sho-pi - each with his own reason for embarking on a quest that is at best dangerous and at worst suicidal.
These six join a company of condemned criminal, disguised as mercenaries, whose only hope for survival is to travel to face this ancient power and discover its true nature.

Roo Avery, recently from a harrowing brush with the armies of the Emerald Queen, is now free to choose his own destiny and his ultimate ambition is to become one of the richest and most powerful merchants in Midkemia. His first step towards a powerful position in the Kingdom will come from an unexpected source as news of a local wealthy merchant who is seeking a husband for his daughter is brought to his attention.
Nothing can prepare Roo for the dangers of the new life he's chosen where the demand for repayment of a debt can be as deadly as a knife in the shadows. Even those closest to him are suspect and as Roo struggles to build his financial empire, betrayal is forever close at hand. His instinctive cunning will serve him well, but he will soon realize that the road to success is far from smooth.

Midkemia once again lies under the terrible shadow of the Emerald Queen. Her dark forces are ready to launch a devastating invasion against the Kingdom of the Isles.
Come the battle's dawn the magician Pug, along with his life-long warrior friend Tomas, discover that something far worse than the Queen's mere sorcery is afoot. For elemental, malevolent forces are being unleashed . . . forces that threaten to tear Midkemia apart. Pug and his band of supporters must track down the long-missing sorcerer Macros the Black and confront his formidable powers.

The demon is no more. The enemy has been routed. But all is not well...
Winter's icy grasp is loosening on the world. The Emerald Queen's vanquished army has its brocken back to the Bitter Sea. And treachery is its only recourse.
A lackey has declared himself Lord of the defeated, amassing the still fearsome remnants of a ruthless fighting force together for one final assault on a weakened, vulnerable realm.
For the warriors who remained steadfast against terrible numbers, for the courageous souls who barely survived a devastating onslaught upon their homeworld, the time to rebuild and renew has not yet come. The war is not over in Midkemia. And Jimmy and Dash - two young noble brothers who stand at the center of a gathering storm - are impelled to action that could secure a tenous peace...or turn triumph into catastrophe.