A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling "queen of paranormal romance." (USA Today) Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker ... Now, Lara is in search of the source of her nightmares--the cold, dark corners of her childhood just on the edges of her memory. Only one man has the power and the will to help her: dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz. Together, Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pasts--and discover a passion that neither has ever known before.