Emily is happy with her life just as it is.
She loves her career as a midwife, & enjoys living on her own
- but
The Long Night has begun. The Endlords & their dark army of Unmade prepare to unleash untold destruction upon the world. Every Sull warrior must step forward & fight, or risk the North falling into eternal darkness. Key to mankind's survival is the sacred warrior Ash March. But for Ash to realise her true potential as a Reach, & become the Sull's greatest weapon, she must keep herself safe as the perils that surround her multiply. Raif Sevrance has an equally perilous task. The exile must travel to the barren wastes of the Red Glaciers & recover the legendary sword named Loss. For Sull legend decrees that he who wields the Sword from Red Ice will bring terror to their enemies. But fulfilment of these goals may yet come too late. In the remote reaches of the Bitter Hills, the Endlords' minions have made a cataclysmic discovery: a crack in the Blindwall, an ancient & unguarded passage leading directly into the realms of men.