New York Times-bestselling author: The shocking conclusion to a trilogy that will change the Forgotten Realms forever

Lolth has come out of hibernation with a plan that may be too ambitious even for her. To pull it off, she'll need the help of former drow priestess Halisstra Melarn, who has betrayed her at least once already-and who Lolth transformed into the abominable Lady Penitent. Will this risky gambit be the end of Lolth and her demonic servant?

Lisa Smedman is the author of the New York Times-bestselling fourth novel in the War of the Spider Queen series, Extinction, as well as a novel in the Lady Penitent series and five Shadowrun novels. She was one of seven authors selected by TSR/WOTC to write a short story and novel for The Halls of Stormweather, an anthology set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms universe. She has also had a number of short science fiction and fantasy stories published in various magazines and anthologies. She lives in British Columbia, Canada.