It's Fullwinter in the weald - a season of almost unsurvivable cold for anyone foolish enough to venture outside. Huddled in a winter den, Micah is thankful to cragclimber Eli Halfwinter for providing him and kingirl Thrace with shelter. But sniffing out their whereabouts, fuelled by the invigorating liquor known as bloodhoney, is a brutal assassin. And worse is to come when they stumble upon a bizarre community headed by a charismatic stone prophet ... This is the second book in a critically-acclaimed three-part fantasy series from the authors of THE EDGE CHRONICLES.