New York: CDS Books, (2004). Hardcover first edition - Foreword by R. A. Salvatore. "A man without a past, Rileigh takes his name from an enigmatic note he finds on his person. Pursued through the port city of Qeynos by a necromancer and a shadowknight, the charming devil-may-care rogue eludes his mysterious assailants by stealing anothers place aboard a ship bound for the pirate-infested Barren Coast. He finds himself embroiled in a quest to retrieve four stolen objects of power that once belonged to an ancient dragon." 298 pp. ISBN: 1-593150202.