A Crown of Ash and Ice

He won the war. He seized the throne. Now the true battle for his soul begins.

Eadric, the Wolf King, sits on a throne of ash and ice. He has forged a new kingdom from the ruins of the old, but the peace is a fragile illusion. In the south, his queen, the beautiful and cunning Maeve, plays a dangerous game of her own, her true loyalties a mystery that could shatter his reign. And their unborn child, the heir to two bloodlines, is a promise of a future that may never come to pass.

In the mountains, a new power rises. The Seeress Morwen, leader of the fanatical Raven Guard, is no longer a tool to be wielded. She is a queen in her own right, her holy war a gathering storm that threatens to wash over the north and cleanse it in a river of blood.

Trapped between a wife he cannot trust and an ally he cannot control, Eadric must face his final test. To save his kingdom, he must confront the ghosts of his past-his father, his brother-and decide what kind of king he is truly meant to be. The lines have been drawn for a final, cataclysmic war that will pit the pragmatic cunning of a king against the divine will of a prophet.

The epic conclusion to The Ashen Crown Trilogy is a masterpiece of grimdark fantasy, a brutal and brilliant finale where every alliance is a potential betrayal and every victory comes at an unforgivable price. To hold a crown of ash and ice, a king must be willing to burn the entire world down, starting with his own heart.