Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens