Drizzt must decide if liberation is worth the cost of innocent lives in book two of the Transitions Trilogy.A shadowy organization of mages and pirates known as the Arcane Brotherhood has long held the city of Luskan in their power, but corruption now eats away at their ranks. Seeing this as an opportunity to finally defeat their leader, Arklem Greeth, legendary pirate hunter Captain Deudermont hatches a plot that will free the city of the Brotherhoods iron grip.Elsewhere, Drizzt and Regis depart for Icewind Dale, where they suspect Wulfgarhaving returned his adopted daughter to her biological mothernow lives in isolation. When they cross paths with Captain Deudermont on their journey, the pirate hunter reveals his plans and recruits the duo to fight against the Arcane Brotherhood. But rescuing Luskan from itself proves more difficultand more violentthan anyone anticipated, leaving all to question if they will destroy the city before they can actually