The reunited Companions of the Hall are separated once more--thrown to the far corners of a war that's bigger than any of them realized. They fight for the safety of Mithral Hall, but it's their own souls, and the soul of Faer n itself, that truly hangs in the balance.

In the dreaded depths of the Underdark, Regis and Wulfgar seek shelter in the fabled Silverymoon, from which they can launch a series of daring new raids. The rest of the Companions reside at the besieged Mithral Hall, where new friends arrive on a mission of mercy--if such an emotion can rest in the heart of a dragon.

Meanwhile, the orc warlord Hartusk turns his savage horde on Everlund, one of the great cities of the Silver Marches. Though it stretches his forces thin, it's a move that could help him achieve his goal of becoming the master of the North. But Hartusk's treacherous drow allies have a different goal. They want nothing except the death of Drizzt Do'Urden--even if it comes at the cost of human, dwarf, elf, and orc lives.

The world is cloaked in darkness and blood runs in rivers across the North; orc hordes rage on and cities fall under brutal siege; old friendships are tested and new alliances are forged. But in the end, it may come down to a single dark elf choosing life over death, forgiveness over vengeance, law over chaos . . . peace over war.

Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf is the third book in the Companions Codex and the thirtieth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.