I based this story off of a dream that I had when I was a teenager. I thought that this dream would make a good book, but it took several attempts to work it into a coherent story idea. The main character lives in a perpetually cold town that is attacked by demons. Years later, he grows up with no memory of the past. But of course, the past does have a way of catching up...
To any of you who have read Oracle of Tao, this is the prequel. It takes place before the New Earth is formed.