In the frozen realm of Eldrath, nineteen-year-old Jada — a quiet, strikingly beautiful Black woman with keen perception and lethal grace — is summoned to the opulent Grand Winter Ball at the legendary Frostspire Castle, a place she has never visited. Bonded to a majestic white dragon and accompanied by her playful baby blue-and-white dragon, Jada steps into a glittering world of masked nobles, fragile alliances, and hidden dangers. As her sharp senses uncover ancient rivalries and brewing betrayal beneath the festivities, her silence, intellect, and fighting skill may be the only things that can protect her dragons and unravel the deadly secrets of the Northern Reach.