War is coming With Tarstead in the midst of a civil war, Nathan has successfully delivered his friends to the coast, and is now on his way to Irontide, the home of Hanna Halfblood. But the king of Tarnstead sees Nathan and Elderwood as his enemies and vows to destroy them. Meanwhile things in Irontide aren't much better. Strange new warriors from the far north are kidnapping people from Northern Solotine, including members of Nathan's grandfather's clan. Nathan and his friends head north to try and stop the kidnappings. Can Nathan survive these new enemies and the mad king bent on his destruction?