Winter’s Heir

Five years under Dominion rule have taught Calliope Virell three rules: stay small, stay silent, stay unnoticed. But when soldiers execute a neighbour in the street and something cold and ancient erupts from Calliope’s hands, invisibility stops being an option. Hunted by the Dominion for a power she never asked for and doesn’t understand, Calliope flees with her best friend Serena — a healer hiding her own forbidden abilities. Their escape draws the attention of Frostmere, a hidden valley of rebels preparing for a war they’ve been losing for years. As Calliope struggles to control a power that answers fear faster than thought, she faces a truth she cannot outrun: she is the heir of Aerion, the Fourth Season the Dominion destroyed… and the last piece of a balance they murdered the world to break. If she cannot master the winter inside her, she won’t just lose the people she loves — she might become exactly what the Dominion believes she is.