Yekaterina Ivanova, bastard daughter of the tsarina, is used to living in the shadow of her younger sister. Heir to the throne, the one chosen to defeat the evil queen and bring summer back to the realm once more . . . Valeriya is everything Katya could ever aspire to be. Until Val fails, and the realm is cast into a deep sleep. In a twist of fate, only Katya and Aleksei - an insufferable royal scholar - are left to pick up the broken pieces. Katya must journey across Renaliya, fighting monsters of the snow and monsters of the soul, to save her sister and the realm - before their sleep turns from dreamless to death.
3 parts