Forgotten Realms: Obsidian Ridge (Citadels #2) »

Jess Lebow is a best-selling author and game designer . He worked for five years as an editor in the Wizards of the Coast book publishing department, where he had experience working with the Magic, D&D, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Dark*Matter lines. His short story, "Assassin's Shadow," was given a Reader's Choice Award by Wizards of the Coast readers and was included in The Best of the Realms, Volume I.

This time the castle is the monster!

Obsidian Ridge hasn't been seen in Faerun for hundreds of years. It's a legend, a fairy story—until it appears, silently and without warning over the kingdom of Erlkazar, blotting out the sun. Steered by the madness of a cunning wizard, the citadel and its vast array of shadowy monsters will destroy all of Erlkazar unless the wizard gets what he wants: the princess of Erlkazar as a bride. But he'll have to battle the king's personal assassin, a loyal courtier, a complicated killer, and the princess herself to bring his plan to bear.

Obsidian Ridge continues the Citadels series with another story that explores the darker side of that iconic fantasy structure, the castle. Each book in the Citadels series is a self-contained fantasy in the Forgotten Realms world and can be read in any order.