The Alabaster Staff

"''She didnt want to steal it.

''She didnt want to kill a Zhentarim agent.

''She didnt want to double-cross the thieves guild.

''She didnt want to owe a debt to the Red Wizards of Thay.

''She didnt want to anger the followers of the dragon god Tiamat.

''She didnt want to tie her fate to the dreaded Staff of the Necromancer.

''But she did."

The Alabaster Staff is the first book in The Rogues quadrilogy, formerly known as "The Thieves series". It is sets in the Old Empires from 1358 DR to 1373 DR.