After settling in a small northern town, Claire sincerely hoped to live a quiet, modest life as an apothecary. At first, that was exactly what happened—until, at a celebration marking the end of the longest night of the year, they announced that the local guard captain had been murdered. And everything would be fine, except that they found an ice crystal in his hand—and Claire is an ice witch…
Will she be able to prove her innocence, how will her magic be connected with the inquisitor Gordon Rassé?