(Book 1--Ring of Ice Saga) Launo Aleeli was a weak boy belonging to a tribe of ice people, barely knowing how to hunt, much less defend himself. Then the item that kept his tribe at peace with the Qinulis - who controls the arctic tundra - is stolen, forcing him on a journey beyond the end of the world to find it and bring it back with the knowledge that his family will be killed if he fails.