Synopsis

SilvermistEvermoreneverbelonged.Borntounlovingparentsandcastaside,shehadlongacceptedthatlifewouldneverofferherwarmth—untilshewaschosenasanapprenticeatMoonstoneAcademy,aplacewheremagicbreathesandfateiswritteninthestars.Butherarrivalcomeswithaprice.Inanactofbetrayalandmanipulation,SilvermistshattersFrost'sstaff,theformidableWinterGuardian,unravelingasecretthatshouldhaveremainedburied.Now,boundbyanancientrule,shemusttakeitsplace—notasamereapprentice,butassomethingfarmoredangerous:Frost’shumanstaff,thelivingembodimentofhispower.AsSilvermiststrugglestonavigatethetreacheroushallsofMoonstone,shediscoversthatGuardianswithoutapprenticesaredoomedtovanish,andthebalanceofthefourseasons—Spring,Summer,Autumn,andWinter—hangsbyathread.Buttheshadowswhisperagreatertruth:awarloomsonthehorizon,fueledbytheSandman’swrathandahiddenenemywhohasbeenpullingthestringsallalong.Hauntedbycrypticdreams,huntedbythosewhoseektouseher,andbetrayedbythosesheoncetrusted,Silvermistmustuncoverthetruthbehindherownexistencebeforeshelosesherselftotheverystormshewasforcedtowield.CanshesurvivetheweightofWinter,orwillshebethefinalsnowfallthatburiesthemall?