The mission should have been accomplished. Two continents had been scoured raising an army. Multitudes had rallied to the call. So why is it that just when everything seems like it's about to go right, and your happy ending is within your grasp, that everything falls apart? Returning to Ectara, Kragg and the Fellowship of the Gold Dragon scramble to recover lost ground, and stave off the tide of Darkness before Denog unleashes his wrath. Their darkest night holds the promise of hope's dawn: if they can survive to see it.