For many centuries, the continent of Kiertania has been bound by eternal ice, and the cities are surrounded by the deadly and alluring cold. Only snitirs live there—extraordinary creatures that inhabit two layers of reality at once: the World and the Soul. Parts of snitirs’ bodies sustain life on the continent. Their hearts beat instead of the engines of trains and cars, and their eyes cut through the dark instead of lanterns…
Sorta became one of the best preppers. Almost every day she, together with her hawk, Strom, goes out into the Cold. But their main goal isn’t the snitirs at all. And the stakes are as high as never before.
Meanwhile, Unelm investigates a series of brutal murders that shake Kiertania—because the preppers may be involved.