Emperor of Ansalon traces the rise of Ariakas, the ambitious and monstrously talented warrior-mage who becomes Takhisis's chosen commander of the dragonarmies. Favored and manipulated in equal measure by the Dark Queen herself and by the mistress who shares his bed, Ariakas has to learn the hardest lesson of his ascent: how far a servant's ambition can go before it threatens the god he serves.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources