Raised as a boy before becoming the only survivor of a village that was destroyed by fire, 17-year-old Janneke is sent to work in the court of merciless monsters for her captor's alluring nephew, Soren, who compels her to sever her ties to the human world.

Youngest in a family of daughters, Janneke was taught to hunt, track, and fight. Then her village was burned to the ground, and Janneke-- the only survivor-- was taken captive by the malicious Lydian, raped, mutilated and tortured, and sent to work for his nephew Soren in the brutal Permafrost, a land of monsters. When the Goblin King’s death ignites an ancient hunt for the next king, Soren attempts to bring Janneke deeper into his world. As her loyalty to Soren deepens, Janneke must choose between holding on or letting go of her last connections to the human world. -- adapted from jacket and reading the book