Dark Passages picks up moments after the cataclysmic conclusion to The Fourth Age. Despite Arakon’s best efforts Valuria is left with a five mile crater and the surrounding lands are plunged into darkness. Armies have been destroyed and a kingdom left in ruins. In Kyrotha, the Lady Y'Shanarra calls upon an old alliance to navigate the ancient city of Teitan and do battle against the vampires. Balgor still wants revenge on Arakon and seeks to do so through Celecia. If any of the heroes survive, the shadows and Terek’s mercenaries await. In Parthea, Trevor leads another group of heroes into the goblin caves that lie within the Khanian Mountains. No one could prepare them for the dangers they will face; yet help comes from an unlikely and unexpected source. Raven is embraced by the group, but will she save or betray them?