About the book: 2011 / The Lord Protector's daughter, fifteen-year-old Winter Moorhawk, returns to the court from the distant North. But in her native kingdom, everything is no longer the same as before. Crown Prince Alberon has disappeared somewhere, and all traces of his presence are carefully destroyed by order of the king. Cats have stopped talking, ghosts are hiding from people. Only Winter can help his friend Razi, the king’s illegitimate son, uncover the mystery of the prince’s disappearance and restore the fragile balance in the kingdom. Dangerous adventures, intrigue and love await friends along the way..