The Spine of the World

The Spine of the World was written in 1999 by Bob Salvatore with the help of the less experienced author Philip Athans, (the author of Baldur's Gate) and published by Wizards of the Coast, but first by TSR.

Plot
This book does not include Drizzt and instead it focuses on heroes that are just as good and were recieved just as well by fans, Wulfgar and Morik the Rogue. Also it features a city with a brand new cast of characters in the Spine of the World, pocketed in the mountains... a city called Auckney. It is ruled by Feringal Auck, a rash acting young man. He falls in love with the young peasant Meralda, who sets up a plan to make him think that she has not been sleeping with other men, or one man in particular, Jaka Sculi. She is only doing this so the king will get her sick mother well. Jaka almost ruins everything by appearing at the day of their wedding and jumping off of a cliff. Her plan to avoid detection involves accusing Wulfgar of molesting her. This is the second book in the Paths Darkness series and the eleventh in the Legend of Drizzt.