The continuation of the U series of modules coming out of the UK branch of TSR, this is a direct follow up to U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, which ended with the party discovering that a smuggling ring was arming a community of Lizardmen not that far from the village of Saltmarsh. 

In this module the story continues as the nervous town of Saltmarsh wants the party to investigate what is going on with the Lizards. However, this module is also a trap for the “murder hobo” type of adventuring party, and if you are DM one of those this would be a great lesson for them, as the Lizardmen has no intention of attacking Saltmarsh but want to defend themselves against a greater evil, an incoming Sahuagin invasion!

So, some players are likely to go to the Lizardmen colony guns (swords?) blazing, and this is be pretty much a horrible thing to do and by the time they realize the mistake they’ve made it might be too late and will probably have to pay compensation for all the lizardpeople you’ve killed as well as return the stolen loot, from what are essentially peaceful people. This story by itself would be enough to make this a memorable module, but if you add to this the neat way in which the module is set out, with a nice recap of events and a plot synopsis at the end of the module to keep the plotline straight, make this a pretty unique publication for the time that is still worth taking a look at today.