
"As a young stag-shifter, all Pembroke dreams of is being harnessed to Santa’s sleigh. Yet his world comes crashing down when Santa is slain by the imposter Frost.
War erupts in the Arctic Circle, pitting elf against reindeer, and Pembroke is sent on a perilous mission. If he fails, his herd will be lost. When the mission goes awry, the stag-shifter must put his trust in an unlikely ally.
Where does one turn in a land of ice and blood? What happens when the enemy infiltrates your heart? What begins as a wavering alliance just might take Pembroke farther than he ever imagined."

Chapter 1 “Don’t let the beast escape!” The command pierced Pembroke’s mind, slurring his thoughts like a river under the spell of Frost. The barking of charging armored walruses echoed off the walls of ice. He had to get out of there. He had to teleport away. What were the coordinates of the herd’s current camp? His antlers couldn’t lock on to any. 3 °2928’ N… …1 °0982’ E? Crippled by panic, Pembroke’s antlers faltered. He couldn’t detect anywhere but here. His horns malfunctioning, confused by the deadened signals of his skinned comrades beneath his hooves. Pembroke stood on a bed of reindeer pelts in a turret of carved ice, deep in the bowels of the Slayer’s new kingdom. The murderer. The banished one. Now returned. Pembroke couldn’t shake that first moment when it all ch
