Winterhued

In a land on the edge of all that is known dwells Princess Winterhued erudite beautiful broken-hearted. The heir to her fathers kingdom and raised to be queen she is troubled by terrifying dreams and now finds the half-demented king turning against her. Slimy sycophants whisper in his ear persuading him that a mere woman is incapable of ruling and now he ogles the princesss ladies-in-waiting and boasts of begetting a male heir. But Winterhueds fears become as naught when a vast and ancient being comes flying on dread wings to lay siege to Castle Lawhill. Trailing fear and slaughter it traps Winterhued and her people within the broken walls. The princess strives to save her subjects but it seems the only one courageous enough to help her is the lowliest servant-boy in the castle. Yet from the east riding across wraith-haunted Iron Crag comes a nameless knight exiled and condemned... and a horned creature follows him silent as moonlight.