In a world of dark and fearful cold, everyone trembles before the King of Winter, Starjik. People say that if you whisper his name, it’ll freeze your heart. Nobody ever sees Starjik and his hungry wolves when they come in the dead of night – but a child is always missing in the morning. One night, Ivan’s little brother is snatched. How can he save his brother and rid the land of this curse? He must follow Starjik through the ice and snow, into the terrifying cavern of his ice palace…