The Red Queen set her pieces on the chessboard…
Winter keeps Prince Yalan Kendeth far from the luxurious comfort of his long-awaited southern palace. And though the North is home to his partner, the warrior Snorri Ver Snagas or something like that—he also really wants to leave. After all, the Viking is ready to challenge even Hell itself to bring his wife and children back into the world of the living. He has the Key of Loki—and all that remains now is to find the door.
While everyone waits for the ice to melt, the Dead King plans to reclaim what was already almost his: the key to the underworld, so that his dead subjects can rise and take power into their own hands.