Solace is booming out of control. An important temple dedication is bringing merchants, dignitaries, and a host of neer-do-wells and surprise visitors to the fabled tree-top town. And lately there have been a series of mysterious incidents.Palin has sworn off magic and nowadays acts as town mayor. He desperately needs a new sheriff, as the last one has just been murdered by malefactors unknown. Fortunately, Gerard has quit the knighthood after a quarrel with his father, and arrives just in time to don a sheriffs badge.Douglas W. Clark reunites two of the most popular characters from the War of Souls epic in this new novel set in the best-selling Dragonlance world.