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A city has been founded. Now the Houses must learn to live within its web.
The long journey is over.
Against impossible odds, Menzoberra Zan'Rae has led the Seven Great Houses to victory, carving a new kingdom from the endless darkness of the Underdark. The City of Spiders rises where only wilderness once stood, its obsidian towers climbing toward cavern ceilings as Lolth's faithful proclaim the dawn of a new age.
But conquest is far easier than peace.
As the city grows, so too do the ambitions of the noble Houses. Ancient rivalries are reborn behind gilded smiles. New alliances are forged in whispered chambers. Priestesses vie for Lolth's favor, wizards pursue forbidden knowledge, and every House seeks to claim its place in the fragile hierarchy of the newborn city.
While Menzoberra struggles to hold her vision together, House Baenre patiently strengthens its influence, House Nasadra refuses to be overshadowed, and powerful new Houses begin weaving webs of loyalty, deception, and betrayal that stretch across the city.
Beyond the walls, forgotten kingdoms, monstrous horrors, and ancient powers still threaten the fledgling realm.
Within the walls, something far more dangerous begins to grow.
Distrust.
For in Menzoberranzan, no alliance lasts forever, every promise carries a hidden blade, and every thread woven into the web pulls another House closer to ruin.
The Web of Houses is the second volume of The Founding Series, an epic tale of political intrigue, faith, ambition, and the slow unraveling of unity, as the City of Spiders transforms from a dream of survival into a kingdom where only the cunning can endure.