496 pages | Hardcover

For everything there is a season.

TheNew York Timesbestselling Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world ofMiddlegamein this action-packed standalone adventure.

The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crowns begins!

Melanie has a destiny, though it isnt the one everyone assumes it to be. Shes delicate; shes fragile; shes dying. Now, truly, is the winter of her soul.

Harry doesnt want to believe in destiny, because that means accepting the loss of the one person who gives his life meaning, who brings summer to his world.

So, when a new road is laid out in front of thema road that will lead through untold dangers toward a possible lifetime togetherwalking down it seems to be the only option.

But others are following behind, with violence in their hearts.

It looks like Destiny has a plan for them, after all