Publisher's blurb:
The mountain pass between Osma Point and Telath’s Tooth marks the entrance to the Parla of Vaskun, at the very northernmost point of the Known World. This twenty mile pass, known as the Frozen Kiss, is home to bandits, dissenters against the Pariun, and those who hunt them. The Watchers of the Pass are led by the ruthless Commander Intaz Kosh, who has spent months on end living in the frozen wastes of Telath’s Tooth. Across the pass lie his quarry – the Yanu Rising, a loose affiliation of Formar brigands and revolutionary Diaru who seek to bring their version of change to the Parla of Vaskun. Kosh, though young, is known even among his peers to be a torturer of his enemies and an expert in psychologically maiming those who cross him.
The climate is unforgiving, and the war between the Yanu rebels and the Watchers of the Pass has spilled over into civilised society. Civil war is on the horizon.