Cover illustation by Siolo
Thompson.
Winter moves like a
predator, taking villages one at a time, leaving the people either
dead or half mad.
For thousands of
years, the
Elementarí — spirits of the elements — have slept peacefully under
the watchful eye of the Terakhein, a guardian tribe that protects
them. But now that the Elementari have started to awaken, the
Terakhein are nowhere to be found.
In Gaelastad, where the trees never
die, eighteen-year-old Jonathan is haunted by dreams of a little
girl: the last of the Terakhein. Fleeing from enemies across
treacherous lands, Jonathan must survive and find the girl.
Fortunately, help comes in the form of Bryn, a terrible fire spirit,
and Morgan, the most beautiful — and deadly — of water spirits. But
are they strong enough to give him the time he needs to find the
missing girl and stop the tide of destruction.