From Wizards.com: Oppressed Thorbardin is sealed off from the rest of the world, and dwarvenkind is split into feuds and factions. Uniting the race is up to a brave Kayolin dwarf, a bumbling (but lucky) gully dwarf, and the intelligent and beautiful daughter of the rightful Hylar thane. Only evil magic and dread minions and ancient curses stand in their way. The trouble starts -- and the "secret: to a new future lies -- in beloved Pax Tharkas.

From Amazon.com: If they can stay alive long enough, they can find the way to a new future. Thorbardin remains closed against the world as two violent factions of dwarves clash in a brutal civil war. Neither side can prevail, and violence threatens destruction of the entire kingdom. Brandon Bluestone returns home to Kayolin to find himself a wanted fugitive. His nation has changed drastically since his departure. Bolstered by the courage of a beautiful dwarf priestess, he battles an ancient enemy, struggles to right a great wrong, and tries to take the only step that allows for a peaceful and prosperous future for all the dwarves of Krynn. And with the fate of two nations hanging in the balance, it falls to the lowest of the low to put the wheels of history in motion.

Thorbardin has been sealed against the outside world by the edict of a mad king. The dwarves of Kayolin strive to bury longstanding hostilities of their own, and form an uneasy alliance against the King of Thorbardin and his potent magical minions. Using the power of a long-lost artifact, the dwarves carry the fight to their enemies in a violent contest that becomes a struggle for the nation's very survival. In the end, it may require the intervention of almighty Reorx himself to determine...