PROLOGUE — THE WINTER THAT NEVER ENDED Winter came without warning. Across Oztroyalia, rivers froze beneath cloudless skies. Forests turned white overnight. Villages woke beneath walls of ice that had not existed the evening before. Yet the strangest change occurred far beyond the northern frontier. A mountain range that had remained untouched for centuries suddenly appeared on every map. It was called The Veiled Crown. No expedition had ever crossed it. No bird flew above its peaks. No traveler had returned from its valleys. Then, one morning, the Imperial Observatory received a message carved into a block of ancient ice.
PROLOGUE — THE WINTER THAT NEVER ENDED Winter came without warning. Across Oztroyalia, rivers froze beneath cloudless skies. Forests turned white overnight. Villages woke beneath walls of ice that had not existed the evening before. Yet the strangest change occurred far beyond the northern fronti...