The Colorless Winter is deepening, and those who try to fight it are scattered in every direction.
Maithea and Nellary have escaped from the Colorless, but they have nowhere left to go. Aithal remains in Emgar with Saryana at his side, pretending to be his missing brother to launch a rescue mission for his royal family. Meanwhile Jolette and Edmian have fled from the attacked city on their own, searching for the one hope to undo the magic of the pendants that give the Colorless their power: dragons, which should have disappeared a thousand years ago.
Dragons, which were secretly sold into the very Colorless Land that is out to retrieve Edmian and his pendant.
They must be stealthy and twice as clever, because help from adults cannot reach them. Aithal is stuck in Emgar, but the risks he takes estrange him from Saryana. Evariel and Zamrod set out to find them again, but even with the aid of a mysterious half-elf, half-dwarf assassin, what are the odds of finding two teenagers again in the wild?
All the while Firland begins to make its move, and with the aid of a Firlandic knight, Maithea and Nellary form a dangerous decision: try and save the rest of their village from Colorless captivity.
And Lisha, who seemed to be an ally, now pursues an agenda of her own...
Winter is falling in the north of the Oldlands, but in between the snow something bright begins to shine. And the pendants, which were once fairly idle around their bearers' necks, now start shaping the world around them. Legends come to life, strange powers take shape, and suddenly the threat of war gives birth to something much greater...
This is Book 2 in the HISTORY OF THE COLORLESS WINTER trilogy. It's a direct sequel to Book 1, THE COLORLESS LAND; if you haven't read that one yet, read it first!
Far to the north lies a land in black and white. A curse lies upon it, robbing its people of their courage, free will and emotion to lock them in three pendants in the hands of their leaders.
Jolette has lived just south of that land for all thirteen years of her life. But never once has she seen one of its people-until the day a Colorless boy turns up in her village, carrying one of his people's most prized possessions: the pendant of Free Will.
She quickly becomes his friend, but she has barely had time to get to know him and name him Edmian when the Colorless come for him. By sheer luck she and Edmian escape. But her village, with everyone she knows, is captured and taken to the Colorless Land.
Left to their own devices, the two set out to rescue the villagers while outrunning their own pursuers. Aid comes from a secret prince trying to save his own family from the Colorless, as well as his warrior bride. And yet the clock keeps ticking. For the Colorless' magic is slowly destroying the villagers' humanity, and the Colorless People are preparing a war against all the world.
What can two teenagers, a hidden royal, a military commander on leave, an old lady spirit, an elf and a dwarf possibly do against a power on the rise?
And what about the two married women who were captured without their daughter?
But sometimes the smallest individuals can change the course of history...
COMPLETED 9-8-2019