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Writer: Ed GreenwoodArtist : Lee FergusonInker: Sal Buscema

Colorist: Len O’GradyLetterer: Neil Uyetake

Editor: John Barber

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Living by their wit s on the dangerous st reet s of Dock Ward, t he slum of t he great cit y of Waterdeep, young friends RandralDaunter and Torn Telmant le became ent angled in t he kidnapping of t he noble Lady Talandra Roaringhorn. Cursed to rescueher, t hey found her and fled from her captors into t he sewers of t he cit y—where t hey st epped t hrough a magical port aland ended up in t he ruined, monster-haunted Ghost Holds. These cent uries-abandoned cast les and mansions t eem wit hprowling monsters and brigands, but Randral, Torn, and Talandra survived long enough to meet t he King of Ghost s, whoclaims to rule t he Holds… Only to fall into an ambush laid by vicious mercenaries hired by evil masters in Waterdeep whodo not wish Lady Talandra well…

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