Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of the freeze, a dark magic hold Knnot Mountain unleashed on her village. Ever since, she's been on the run from the czar, who set out to imprison anyone who escaped. Valeria gets by, doing odd jobs with her best friend, the only bit of home she has left until he is captured. Leading a group to the mountain that claimed her family, Valeria discovers something sinister slumbers in the heart of Knnot.