Calamaea, a frozen world where all life is confined to caves. The Heartland, the main chessboard of Calamaean geopolitics. Gnoch, the southernmost settlement in the known world - remote, but not safe.
After old enemies return and destroy Gnoch, a lone survivor is left stranded along with a wounded marauder. Soon he learns that a handful of people may have escaped death, his pregnant wife included.
To save his loved ones, he must venture into the unknown and do the unthinkable - all on the word of a sworn enemy. As the unlikely duo battles the elements, the Gnochean faces a looming dilemma: is he walking into a trap? Does he even have any other option?
