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Upper East Side, Manhattan, 2023: Christine Campbell, former journalist, turns on the television to watch a documentary paying homage to her Pulitzer Prize–shortlisted coverage of the unrest in 1999 in the North Caucasus. She is newly widowed, wealthy, and attempting to write a memoir celebrating her bold life and significant achievements in writing about the silencing of women during conflict.

In a kingdom where knights fail and prophecies falter, the fate of Calyndar rests in the hands of a lady-in-waiting who was never meant to wield a sword—let alone a legend. In the kingdom of Calyndar, winter doesn’t just bring frost—it heralds the terror of the Manticore. This monstrous creature ravages villages, destroys food stores, and leaves a trail of despair and death in its wake. As desperation grips the land, a long forgotten prophecy emerges: only the one worthy can retrieve and wield an ancient sword capable of defeating the beast.

On the trail of her missing brother, Hannah Locke discovers a gateway to another world hidden in the Welsh countryside of her childhood. Forced by this dark reality to face demons both within and without, she must overcome her fear if she ever hopes to find him again. But beyond the stone archway, however, lays a power both ancient and evil that has other plans for her.