Winter falls upon the kingdom, and the dead are rising. Valthian has heard the rumors of a mysterious plague that brings its victims back from the grave to feast upon the living. Entire towns along Winterstone Wall are burned to ashes to keep the sickness from spreading, but his village has never known such illness; never seen the violence of war. He has no reason to believe such horrors could ever make their way to Solstice-until they do. Now Valthian must fight for survival and stem the growing tide of death that threatens the entire land. The Winterstone Plague is the first book of The Carrion Cycle.