An ice-bound world is on the brink of an industrial revolution. Factories are springing up across the country and technology is changing the very foundation of the world. But the old ways do not die easy. Magical forces still dominate the world, and the Cold Mages who have ruled will not go quietly.
Catherine Hassi Barahal is a child of that revolution. At university she studies the new technologies that are changing her world, and dreams of becoming an explorer like her father. But all of that will change when the Cold Mages come for her.