Every year, down the high snowy slope into the Valley of Exiles come conquerors—cruel, mysterious kints with amber-colored eyes. Woe to anyone who doesn’t manage to hide from them in the Abode of Sleep for those hundred long days. That winter, luck turned away from the young Kim. Her sleep was broken, and to survive, she had to leave her hiding place. Meanwhile, into the valley burst Hass—one of the emperor’s best warriors. His heart knows neither love, nor mercy, nor doubt. He wants only one thing: to destroy. But their meeting will change everything.