Shadow of a dark queen (HarperCollins Publishers)

The astonishing first volume in Raymond E. Feist's bestselling Serpentwar Saga...A nest of vipers is stirring...Ancient powers are readying themselves for a devastating confrontation. A dark queen has raised her kanon and is gathering armies of unmatched might. Into this battleground of good and evil a band of desperate men are forced, whose only hope for survival is to face this ancient power and discover its true nature. Among them are some unlikely heroes - Erik, a bastard heir denied his birth right, and his friend Roo, an irrepressible scoundrel with a penchant for thievery. They are accompanied żeby the mysterious Miranda, upon whom all must wager their lives.