Book cover by Kat Isacson (pencil & digital drawing)
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About the novel One year, when winter came to Northfell, it stayed. This wouldn't matter much to anyone who didn’t live there, except that its season became contagious. Every day, the snow and ice stretched out from the center of the city and froze plants, creatures, almost the air, as Northfell's chill flashed across the countryside in glacial outbursts. As time passed, the frozen curse encompassed more and more land and began to freeze the ocean. This saga follows a group of travelers who were caught in the wake of the curse, as their ship became strangled by the spread of cursed ice which moved with ungodly speed. Fearing the eventual spread of tundra across their world, these travelers became unwilling heroes who matched the threat with (an equally ungodly) reluctance. Historians across the land have since likened their acceptance of this quest to the emotional equivalent of a cat being shoved into a suitcase. This is their tale. Click here to continue... |