Winter's King

"Once upon a time there was a world draped all in winter, and the winter knew a king."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mara Donner has never seen the sun. Growing up in one of the last scattered settlements of humanity, she has lived her life fearing, hating, and worshipping the fabled King of Winter, a being whose cursed magic not only permeates the world with cold and ice, but is said to have tucked the very Sun away from sight forevermore.

After Mara lays eyes on one of the King's creatures one night, a series of events is sparked in which she is brought to the King's own legendary court, as a guest and prisoner of the mysterious, pale-eyed monarch and his intense but inexplicable interest in her. In addition to maneuvering the King and his games, Mara must survive his twisted court, where monsters and fanatics plot to oust her from the King's strange favor.

But dark truths are uncovered as Mara learns to play the King's game, and soon she learns that the stakes aren't just her freedom -- but her soul.