Maester Otis is not thrilled when he learns that his first expedition as a maester will take him to the icy wildlands beyond the Wall instead of the Iron Islands. Yet in the lands of the terrifying ice-river clans also lie answers to ancient mysteries from distant shores. The final fate of Therron 'Bitterbrine' Farwynd will be revealed here; the Lost King of the Iron Islands who disappeared without a trace after wearing the Driftwood Crown for only five short years.