Raistlin is long dead, or is he? Ansalon is safe from the army of darkness, or is it? Something happens to stir ancient forces, and the Queen of Darkness wakens from her slumber. The most fascinating figure in the saga of Dragonlance returns as the central figure in a new showdown between good and evil. And the sword is passed to a new generation of heroes--the children and inheritors of the fabled Companions.