Eight years after the Battle of the Serpent, the icy north shivers under Lady Nore's reign. With an ancient relic, she crafts monstrous minions from stick and snow, unleashing them to exact her revenge.

In the human world, Suren—the runaway child queen of the Court of Teeth—is hunted by the relentless storm hag, Bogdana. Rescued by Prince Oak of Elfhame—the heir she was once promised to and now resents—she is thrust back into a realm she tried to escape.

Now seventeen, Oak embarks on a perilous quest into the frozen north and seeks Suren's aid. Torn between confronting her haunting past and protecting her guarded heart, Suren must decide.

Will she risk everything to help the prince she cannot trust, or let the shadows of her past consume them both?