For many years, the Grey Wardens have kept the secret location of ancient dragons—secret that under no circumstances must fall into the hands of the spawn of darkness, driven underground long ago. If these vile creatures manage to find the divine dragon, they will escape to the surface again, destroying everything alive in their path. And when one of the Grey Wardens disappears without a trace along the Deep Paths, nothing is left for his brothers and sisters but to go down underground after him, to protect their terrible secret. The king of Maerik himself agrees to be the guide for the brave warriors—once he had already been in that hell and managed to return alive…