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…
Only preppers can hunt snitirs—people with special physical properties. Three recruit-preppers—Sorta, Ulm, and Mis se—are sent to be trained for this honorable service. But will each of them withstand the trials fate has prepared?