Thousands of years in the future, all the northern hemisphere is buried under the ice and snow of a new ice age. At the southern end of a large landmass called Ifrik, two children of the mahondi people, seven-year old ma...Thousands of years in the future, all the northern hemisphere is buried under the ice and snow of a new ice age. At the southern end of a large landmass called Ifrik, two children of the mahondi people, seven-year old mara and her younger brother, dann, are abducted from their home in the middle of the night.