b. jason roer

Two months ago, fifteen-year old solutioner, Chris Kringle's, world was shattered by tragedy. Forced to face the land Zi without his protector, Chris is caught up in the mystery of Winterdale Palace and the coming devastation that rocks Zi every thirteen years with Winterdale's arrival. As a societal breakdown hurtles Zi toward annihilation, the evil Larkin Voss threatens to bring Winterdale Palace crumbling to the icy ground.

Chris and his four outcast friends never would have imagined that to save Winterdale from Voss, they'd have to chase into an ice cavern crawling with slobbering abominable snowmen, steal the most sacred artifact from the local museum, venture into the grimiest, most dangerous spot in Zi to locate an ancient merwitch, or create a magic potion that evokes dark visions of the future.

But all of that is certainly better than discovering their chilling quest will expose a hidden war that has waged since the beginning of time and could forever destroy hot chocolate, Kamikaze candy machines, lightning-quick toboggans, and basically the entire universe!