The Emerald Scepter

The Emerald Scepter is a fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the third novel in "The Scions of Arrabar" trilogy. It was published in paperback in August 2005 (ISBN 978-0-7869-3754-7).

Plot summary
An ally from the deepest forests comes to aid a city involved in the political intrigue of a mercenary society.

Reception
Don D'Ammassa opined that the novel's plot is the "most interesting" of the three in the trilogy, "although the prose is occasionally awkward."