Three centuries ago the northern kingdom of Veyr vanished in a single night. Eldervale remembers it as the Burning. Its last queen wore something called the Ember Crown. Nobody knows what happened to either. Most people say the stories are only stories.
This autumn, travelers have started disappearing on the northern roads. The villages near the mountains have gone quiet. Something beneath the Karrow has woken up.
You were paid in gold to carry a sealed box of black iron across the mountains to the ruined monastery of Orun. It is heavier than it should be, and it is warm. You were given three instructions.
1. DO NOT OPEN IT.
2. DO NOT SURRENDER IT.
3. REACH ORUN BEFORE THE NEW MOON.
You don't know what's inside. Several people want it. You have four nights.