Determined to drive a trade route through Anauroch, the Zhentarim have sent an army to enslave the fierce nomads of the Great Desert. As tribe after tribe fall to the intruders, only a single woman, Ruha, sees the true danger -- but what sheikh will heed the advice of an outcast witch?

Ruha finds help from an unexpected source. The Harpers, guardians of liberty throughout the Realms, have sent an agent to counter the Zhentarim. If she can help this stranger win the trust of the sheikhs, perhaps he can overcome the tribes' ancestral rivalries and drive the invaders from the desert.

Arilyn Moonblade is one of the best two assassins in the Realms. Maybe both.

From Cormyr to Waterdeep, Harpers are being murdered. The trail leads to the half-elven adventurer, Arilyn Moonblade. Is she guilty, or is she the next target?

Tormented by strange dreams and stalked by shadows, Arilyn must uncover the ancient secret of her sword's power in order to find and face the Harper Assassin.

The Red Wizards rule Thay, perhaps the most wicked and corrupt land in all the Forgotten Realms. While the evil mage, Zulkir Maligor, builds a net of treachery and deceit, the Harpers seek to uncover his vile schemes. A small band is sent by the Harpers to pose as slaves and slavers to infiltrate the malevolent land. Once inside Thay, they face the undead minions of the Red Wizards and a future far worse than death: becoming the wizards' soulless puppets!

For decades the ghastly Night Parade has haunted the sleep of many in the Realms, but most thought it was nothing more than figments born of troubled minds. They were wrong.

Myrmeen Lhal, the seductive ruler of Arabel, becomes embroiled in a war against the Night Parade, a war in which the Harpers are her only allies. She must triumph against these creatures who live on fear and misery--for the monstrous band's leaders have the daughter she thought dead for fourteen years past.

For centuries, adventures have sought the fabled Ring of Winter, rumored to possess the magical might to make the wearer immortal and bring a second Ice Age down upon the Realms. Artus Cimber knows where it is. After discovering the ring is hidden in the jungles of Chult, he sets off to fulfill the quest that has devoured a decade of his life. Knowing that the artifact is hidden somewhere in the danger-filled jungles and recovering it are two entirely different matters, however - especially when a lost city, rampaging dinosaurs, and the villainous Cult of Frost all stand between Artus and his goal.

Under a dark cloud, Caledan Caldorien left the Harpers seven years ago. Now a mysterious and beautiful messenger from the secret society convinces him to undertake one final, reckless mission. Iriaebor, City of a Thousand Spires, has fallen under the sway of the evil network of Zhentarim. With a fellowship of old friends, Caledan must seek an ancient magic to counter the dark conspiracy of the Harpers' nemeses. Awaiting them all is a terrible secret that lies beneath the city.

In a snow-bound valley, beyond the aid of even the Harpers, a lone village sits in the path of the relentless advance of ice and the fleeing gnolls, pushing ever southward. Of all the Harpers, only the headstrong Martine of Sembia refuses to abandon the gnomes of Samek to their fate. Risking her career as a Harper, Martine slides north to the valley of Samek in an effort to guide the gnomes to safety. When her plans go awry, she finds herself guest of the hermit-warrior Vilhelm and distrusted by the gnomes she came to help. Torn between her future as a Harper and her sense of good, can Martine prevent a war that threatens to destroy the very villagers she has come to save?

A mysterious spell had fallen over the bards of Waterdeep, rewriting the past in their memories and adding dangerous new tales to their repertoires. Khelben Arunsun, the archmage of Waterdeep, fears that this spell is part of a larger plot. He calls upon Danilo Thann, a harper mage and would-be bard, to confront the green dragon who holds the key to the mystery. To do so, Danilo joins forces with an old enemy, the rogue elf Elaith Craulnober. Along with his new companions, a gold elf minstrel with strange abilities and a dwarf maid with a deadly made, Danilo is drawn into a web of riddles and magic. Bardcraft is more demanding than Danilo imagined, and he must find within himself the strength to wield a new and unexpected power.

Shandril never wanted the legendary power of spellfire. All she wanted was a taste of adventure. Unfortunately, she got both. Now she's on the run. The evil Zhentarim, the sinister Cult of the Dragon, renegade wizards, and the terrifying monsters known as beholders want her spellfire, and they'll destroy the entire Realms - let alone one scared girl - to get it! The famous wizard Elminster, the Harpers, and the Knights of Myth Drannor are just as determined that Shandril be free to wield spellfire for good. Of course, is she uses it for evil, they, too, will try to destroy her...

When Alias crosses swords with the underlings of the cunning, heartless lord of Westgate's criminal guild, known only as the Faceless, he vows to destroy her.

Accepting the challenge to rid Westgate of the maleficent Night Masks, Alias gathers old allies and new: the saurial paladin Dragonbait, the halfling Olive Ruskettle, the street performer Jamal, the sage Mintassan, and the charismatic Victor Dhostar, son of Westgate's governing official.

Yet even as she thwarts the nefarious efforts of the Night Masks, Alias becomes ever more entangled in the web woven by The Faceless, a web whose silken strands are spun from intrigue, political machinations -- and murder.

Long ago, the shadow magic transformed an ancient wizard into a being of utter evil, the Shadowking. Now legendary Harper Caledan Caldorien -- heir to the shadow magic -- has mysteriously vanished.

The Harpers mount a mission to find and destroy... Caledan.

But renegade Harper Mari Al-maren and the mage Morhion embark on a desperate quest to rescue him, and stop Caledan before a Shadowking stalks the Realms once more!

The Bedine witch Ruha has left the parched sea of Anauroch on her quest to become a Harper. That quest takes her to Elversult, where she must prove herself by discovering who has poisoned Lady Yanseldra. Simple enough. Find the poison and track the poisoner.

Simple ... until the Cult of the Dragon, a Shou Prince, an oriental merchant, and an ancient dracolich get involved.

As Ruha soon discovers, life is never simple for a Harper, and poisoners' plots hold more treacherous twists than the tail of a Shou dragon.

By New York Times best-selling author Troy Denning, the newest Harper novel features the return of Ruha the Bedine witch from The Parched Sea. What begins as a simple mission turns into a deadly adventure of intrigue that might cost the Harpers far more than the life of their agent!

Arilyn Moonblade has always feared the elfshadow, the essence of her swords magic. When she learns the terrible truth behind her inherited moonblade she vows to find a way to escape her fate. The half-elf seeks answers from the elves of Evermeet, but is asked in exchange to go to the aid of a band of Forest Elves who are threatened with extinction. Posing as a moonelf warrior, Arilyn is drawn into the world of the wild elves.

What begins as a means to an end becomes a deeply personal commitment, and Arilyn is prepared to do anything - even sacrifice her moonblade's magic - to win freedom for the forest elves when her personal quest endangers those she loves - Foxfire, the charismatic leader of the wild elves, and the human bard Danilo Thann, her harper partner - she will risk far more.

Strange magic is on the loose in Firefall Keep -- magic that kills.

The mightiest War Wizards are baffled, and the shadow of destruction threatens valiant Harpers and nobles of the fair realm of Cormyr alike. With Harpers in jeopardy, it is up to the legendary Bard of Shadowdale, Storm Silverhand, to overcome this lethal and mysterious force.

"Whenever I think I can relax at last, someone hastens to brutally point out to me that I've fresh work to do. It's time to save the world again." -- Storm Silverhand

Storm Silverhand, the legendary Harper of Shadowdale and one of the Seven Sisters, in her first solo adventure! Storm encounters enemies from a shadowy past in Spellfire, Crown of Fire, and The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy.

When Joel became a priest of the new god Finder, he knew it meant forfeiting the honor and security of his position as a master bard. Now his freedom and his very life are at stake as powers of evil embroil the priests of Finder in a struggle against a plot to resurrect the dead god Bane.

With his only allies the young freedom fighter Holly Harrowslough, the mysterious winged woman Jas, and the aging priest Jedidiah, Joel embarks on a mission to recover the Hand of Bane. His quest leads him from the Realms all the way to the extra-planar city of Sigil. There Joel must rely on all his courage, wisdom, and strength to thwart the return of Bane the Tyrant and rescue the god Finder from imminent death.

The next installment in the best-selling Harpers series and the first title in a new series dealing with the dead gods in many of the TSR worlds. A group of courageous priests, with the aid of Finder Wyvernspur, must attempt to infiltrate the extraplanar city of Sigil, recover a mysterious artifact, and thwart a plot to bring the evil god Bane back to life.

Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun: Archmage of the great city of Waterdeep, he has made many powerful enemies over the course of his centuries-long life. And now, he's keeping careful watch over even his closest friends as control of the Harpers seems to be slipping through his fingers.

The Knights of Samular: An order of Paladins devoted to the service of Tyr rise up to meet a new Zhentarim threat, and old friends rekindle memories Khelben would rather forget.

Bronwyn: A rougish young Harper agent is sent by Khelben on a mission to meet her long-lost father and reclaim her bloodline's dangerous heritage: a family secret that may tear the Harpers apart!

A dark power from the mists of time threatens the very heart of the secret organization known as the Harpers, and only Khelben Arunsun can stop it-if his fellow Harpers don't stop him first! Don't miss the startling conclusion to the Forgotten Realms longest-running series.