The Ember in the Endless White

A century of frost. A world without a sun. A girl who carries the fire of a dying world in her eyes.

In the village of Oakhaven, survival is measured by the strength of the hearth. For a hundred years, the Great Chill has held the world in a frozen fist, leaving humanity to huddle in the shadows of the Long Night. Lumi is different-born with hair of ice and eyes of flickering flame, she is the village's only hope as their Central Hearth begins to fade into ash.

When the elders speak of the Sun-Shard, a fallen star buried in the lethal Northern Wastes, Lumi is tasked with a suicide mission to retrieve it. But she cannot go alone.

Kael, a seasoned scout who traded his voice for a vow of silence, is her only guide. He knows the monsters that prowl the crystalline forests and the tricks the wind plays on a desperate mind. Together, they must cross the Frozen River and scale the Ashen Mountains to reclaim a light that hasn't been seen in generations.

But the cold isn't their only enemy. To ignite the Shard, Lumi must offer a piece of her own soul-and the deeper they trek into the white, the more she realizes that saving the world might mean losing herself.

One spark. Two travelers. A world waiting for the first thaw.