In ice, it sleeps. In silence, it dreams. In fury, it waits.For almost five hundred years, Winter¿s Blade has been lost. It should have stayed that way.The end of autumn is nigh in the Southern Reach, and as the chill of the season of rime descends on Krög, the Battle Prince, it brings with it a sinister wind. Born down out of the Dragon¿s Spine Mountains, hailing from a distant, icy kingdom, a dark lord from the Eastern Collective comes to call¿ and he wants something our hero cares very deeply for.To save the life of his companion, and to stave off an impending war, Krög is forced into a harrowing expedition to the Everfrost Mountain, a glacial summit that has a terrible secret. Buried within its climes is a ancient labyrinth, where waits the legendary weapon¿ Winter¿s Blade.The odds are as steep as the mountain itself, and the stakes are just as high. If luck is with them and their spirits are strong, our heroes may make it out alive. But far from home, the danger grows with every mile along the track. For even should they win the day, they still must make it back...