The Shadow Master and his conniving apprentice, Elizabeth, have retreated... for now.With zero time to catch their breath, Tesla and most of her faction find themselves staring down a calamitous nightmare.Can they wrangle The Snake back into her bag of tricks, fangs and all, before they lose sanity, life and each other?In a perpetual snow globe abyss where night evades and days are a bleak tundra, unimaginable dangers brew; death has a whole new meaning.Will the forest welcome them, promising rest and resolution? Or have the talons of darkness reached even this promised safe haven?No matter how far from the digesting heart of the city they flee; secrets follow, shadows rampage and a monumental betrayal threatens to cleave them into pieces.The elders have lost all backbone, neighbouring factions remain silent, and Tesla's emotions are on the verge of shredding her apart. No one said she would have to choose between her "supposed" path, her found family, and the... waiting arms of -There is no sense, only survival; end Elizabeth before she ends them.*Trigger warning: frequent violence, brief imprisonment, brief torture, mental games, blood, death.---- Disclaimer----This book is written in Canadian English.