The millennia-old history of Faerun is haunted with ghosts, vampires, zombies, and all other manner of gruesome undead. This anthology of all-new stories is filled with the 12 most terrifying of these tales. Includes stories by R.A. Salvatore, Richard Baker, and Lisa Smedman. Original.

"Every creature on Faerûn has its dark mirror in the undead--from the ghosts of ancient warriors to the rune-scribed skeletons of dragons. And in a world with as rich and bloody a history as the Forgotten Realms, they are legion--outshining the living in variety and number ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Drow god vs. Drow god! When Lolth and Eilistraee, two drow goddesses, compete for control of the dark elves of Faerûn, more than just the drow are caught in the middle. Though the drow will survive their game, what's at stake is the very nature of what it means to be a dark elf. From the Paperback edition.

The City of Splendors merges with the Land of the Dead in this chilling but humorous adventure in the world of the Forgotten Realms Sophraea Carver, born and bred next to Waterdeep’s historic graveyard, is used to living close to the dead. However, when ghostly figures begin to emerge from the cemetery, Sophraea discovers that evil forces beyond the ordinary are at play. Together with Gustin Bone, a travelling wizard, Sophraea sets out to investigate the mysterious and alarming happenings. As the two delve deeper into the world beyond the living, they discover a devious plot for revenge that endangers the entire city of Waterdeep. City of the Dead is the fourth book in a series of standalone novels set in Waterdeep.

The sequel to Rise of the Dead is here with even more guts and more zombie action!If there was one thing Scout Johnson never learned, it was when to quit. Before the dead rose, Scout was a working mom, doing anything she had to do to take care of her family. It was never easy, but she always came through. That all changed when corpses began returning to life. After the dead took everyone that she cared for, Scout struggled to find a reason to go on and to keep fighting each day.While traveling through the Ozarks in search of save haven with a group of survivors, Scout suddenly finds herself in a battle with both the living and the dead. Facing impossible odds, her only hope hinges on a secretive CIA agent, a few Navy Seals, and a ragtag group from Chicago that she encounters along the way. Together Scout, Blake and the rest of the cast race across the heartland in order to save themselves and find the answer to stopping the zombie apocalypse before it is too late.Return of the Dead brings a whole new cast together with the survivors from Rise of the Dead for an epic zombie adventure that is twice as deadly and brutal as the original. The stakes are higher and the threats are even more sinister. Hold on tight and get comfortable being uncomfortable!

The saga of the mighty Forest Kingdom comes to a close as dark magic, fell foes, and a vicious dragon threaten to destroy Cormyr’s royal family—and Cormyr itself Azoun IV, in the twilight of his years, is still a shining hero to most of his subjects. To all but the eldest, he is the only king they've ever known. He's led them capably out of dark doom before. Yet Cormyr has never faced so many mighty and mysterious foes at once. Demonic ghazneths, ancient curses, weird trees of foul magic, goblins and their kin on the rise in the northern wilderlands, a blight upon the land, rebellious mutterings, dying war wizards . . . and a dragon the likes of which no living eyes on Faerûn have ever seen. The Purple Throne doesn't seem so unassailable now. It could well shatter under the weight of a gigantic dragon—or the secrets and follies of the last of the Obarskyrs.