In the dark heart of the earth a magician sleeps, dreaming of a deadly frozen peace.
A young orphan, northern in a southern country, must take on the burden of Kingship, and accept his fate as an unwelcome heir to the southern throne.
What secrets might bind an ages-old magician and an unpopular prince? More, perhaps, than either has thought--for, as the orphan Jalith roams the southern countryside taking the yearly Census, he cannot escape dreams of the North, and the icy call of his northern blood.
Can Jalith prevent the oncoming war between North and South? More importantly--does he want to? For, as Jalith soon discovers, nothing in the world of Averdan is quite what it seems--and more than mere strength of arms makes up The King's Might.