From the creators of the best-selling DRAGONLANCE tm & the FORGOTTEN REALMS tm fantasy series comes a thrilling new line of gripping fantasy novels. In THE VERDANT PASSAGE, New York Times best-selling author Troy Denning begins an epic tale of love, heroism & honor. The reign of Kalak, the immortal sorcerer-king whose evil magic has reduced the majestic city of Tyr to a desolate place of dust & fear, is about to end. Banding together to spark a revolution are a maverick statesman, a winsome half-elf slave girl, & a man-dwarf gladiator bred for the arenas. If the people of Tyr are to be free, the mismatched trio of steadfast rebels must look into the face of terror & choose between love & life. Denning is the author of WATERDEEP, DRAGONWALL & THE PARCHED SEA, all national bestsellers, & he brings a great cast of characters to the first novel set in the world of the dark sun, a land whose ecological crises are a chilling reflection of our own.