They conquered the ice. But the flames are coming. In the hidden sanctuary of Wakanda, Elena must help James reclaim the pieces of himself that HYDRA tried to erase - even as her own blood ties threaten to destroy everything they have fought for. Her father's legacy casts a long, merciless shadow. Revenge burns in her chest. Love, guilt, and survival pull her in opposite directions. To save him, she must confront everything she was born from. To save herself, she may have to lose him. ‼️: This book is the second part of the Coldfire Series. If you haven't yet, please read Frostbite, the first part of the series.

Dr. Elena Cătălina Mirea is one of the world's most skilled trauma surgeons - a reputation that makes her invaluable to the wrong people. When HYDRA abducts her from her hospital, she is forced into a frozen nightmare deep in the Carpathian Mountains. Their demand is simple: repair their greatest weapon, the Winter Soldier. ‼️: This series is extremely dark, touching on graphic violence, psychological torment, and human suffering in all its forms. If you choose to read, proceed with caution.

"By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes," Macbeth, ACT IV, scene I

In the spring of 2014, HYDRA-occupied SHIELD is in full swing, working underground to power the monster that is the Winter Soldier. Following in his shadow is their latest creation. Immortal, obedient and a murder machine, the child known simply as 'The Faceless Girl' cleans up any loose threads the Winter Soldier may have missed. She is a ghost story inside of a ghost story. With the fall of SHIELD, however, The Winter Soldier and The Faceless Girl run from HYDRA. They are now defectors of everything they know. It is simply James and Isabell on the road, now. James and Isabell, and the many, many ghosts that haunt them.