Drizzt Do’Urden sets out to destroy the Crystal Shard in the first book of the Paths of Darkness trilogy and the eleventh book in the greater Legend of Drizzt.With Errtu defeated, Crenshinibon has been recovered. Wulfgar has been saved from his torment. Regis has gotten his three breakfasts. The Companions of the Hall should stand reunited and victorious—but all is not well for Drizzt and his friends. Wulfgar, while free, struggles with anger and bloodlust. Regis’s ruby pendant—once the property of his old master—seems to be a magnet for all things evil. And on Drizzt’s quest to finally destroy the evil Crystal Shard, the artifact instead falls into the hands of the dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle and his unlikely ally: Artemis Entreri.Follow the adventures of Drizzt and the Companions in the electrifying Paths of Darkness trilogy:THE SILENT BLADE • THE SPINE OF THE WORLD • SEA OF SWORDS