The frost creeps again. Taught the sword from childhood, Shanis Malan's only dream is to be a soldier, but a woman cannot join the Galdoran army. She thinks her dream has come true when Prince Lerryn hosts a tournament in her town, but she is snatched her from her home and carry her into the midst of a quest for a legendary artifact that can save the world from the minions of Tichris the Ice King.