The third volume in the "Chronicles Trilogy." Dragons have returned to Krynn. A group of friends battles the evil forces--from the teeming streets of the city of Tarsis to the majestic Tower of the High Clerist--to preserve their homes, their lives, and their honor.

Finally armed with dragonlances, a group of heroes, composed of a knight, barbarian, dwarf, and half-elf, faces a deadly showdown with the evil dragons and Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness.

The people of Krynn fight a final desperate battle against the dragons and Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness.