Publisher's Synopsis
Once, Thorriman lived on a hill in a tent made of coats. With nothing but his own hot breath and a pair of spoons, he learned to forge all the fragments of metal he could steal. Such skills are bound to catch the attentions of royalty, and so Prince Krumrakai came to recruit Thorriman to his retinue. From the frozen Hudun Mountains in the far north to the desert roads of Nithalin, even unto the sparkling Seia Wesrin itself, they traveled as few dwarves ever had. Their story and glory grew as they made names for themselves with wit and violence alike, until the princes were summoned back to the stone throne of Karakor to vie for the crown.While Krumrakai tests himself against the royalty of dwarves, Thorriman aspires to put his skills and magic to a test failed by many before. The Helseia, the frozen sea to the north even of the Hudun Mountains, thaws but once every sixty years. Thorriman aims to bridge it, and see for the first time what lies across the treacherous horizon. Yet in his striving for glory and purpose, he awakes a power of the Shadow long kept tamed by the harsh cold of the frozen sea, and must strive against it, for his bridge, his life, and his king.
