A year of blood and fire.
The West has fallen, but winter and the great wall at Fal Verdan protect the East.
Cain, the innkeeper general, is once again entrusted with the defence of a wall, but
this one he must first build, and he has only weeks to do it.
Narak finds a way to stop the Seth Yarra army, but at great personal cost. He
seeks help from the sixth kingdom which will come at a price he cannot accept. When he sleeps his dreams are filled with visions.
The metal headed assassin stalks the gods themselves. They have sought sanctuary in
Wolfguard, all but Pascha, who discovers that she is, perhaps, the greatest monster
of all.
And Wolfguard is not as safe as it seems.