Cimmeria, the birthland of Conan, was once a place that grew green and verdant in summer.
But now, a terrible time of ice and snow has descended. Winter will not release its hold and the people grow desperate, and begin to flee.
For they know that the unnatural weather comes at the call of the fearsome warrior Grimnir, a raider from the North, a living god, some say.
But in the isolated village of Gaud, a young warrior named Kern has - reluctantly - come to realise that it may be his destiny to face down Grimnir and free the land. Whatever the cost . . .