Lie in red. Follow a proud member of To-Valand’s famous guild, the Bulwark, as she investigates the bloody case of the Chilling, a series of seemingly disconnected murders during winter. The beast that has been terrorising the archipelago in the last three years has not been seen before – only its red marks upon the snow are there to signal its presence. As conviction turns into obsession, and curiosity is tainted with lust, the investigation takes sinister turns that no one could have predicted. But who is the hunter and who is being hunted? And can justice be ever served amidst the chaos and broken oaths?