Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy north Lady Nore of the
Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There she is using an ancient relic to
create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren child
queen of the Court of Teeth and the one person with power over her mother fled to the human
world. There she lives feral in the woods. Lonely and still haunted by the merciless torments
she endured in the Court of Teeth she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish
bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag Bogdana chases her through the
night streets. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak heir to Elfhame to whom she was
once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. Now seventeen Oak is charming
beautiful and manipulative. He's on a mission that will lead him into the north and he wants
Suren's help. But if she agrees it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew
and a prince she cannot trust as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she left
behind--
