Feral on the Ice
"They have the Great Archive. They know things about our biology that even Silas Vane didn't. They’re going to try to turn us against each other, Elara. They'll use the Fire to melt the Ice."
"Let them try," Elara said. "They don't know what it’s like to be a pack that chose each other. They only know the blood they were born with."
The Approach to Bergen
On the fourth day, the jagged, snow-capped fjords of Norway appeared on the horizon. The sky was a bruised charcoal gray, and the water was filled with "Ghost-Ice"—large, translucent bergs that seemed to move against the current.
"Rhys, report," Elara said, stepping onto the bridge.