Publisher's Synopsis
Fantasy: Blood plays a key role in the lives of the people who inhabit the plant locked in perpetual winter. A young novice Interpreter is brought from the far North to the Hold by the Queen's own bodyguard. She takes a special interest in his welfare and his future. When he finds out the truth concerning his birth, he must struggle even more to free himself from the meshes of both Hold and Camp. Blood determines his heritage, and he must struggle against the shadow it casts over his life.
