During the long Winters, humanity learned to hibernate, taking a drug so as not to dream, pre-storing fat and growing winter wool. Charlie Worthing is no longer satisfied with being an “errand boy” in the Shelter, and he decides to enlist as the Winter Consul , protect people during hibernation. Dangerous work brings him to the Twelfth Sector, where people see the same “viral” dreams. Worthing will have to complete the investigation of his mentor, who was killed through his fault. Legends about the Winter People become harsh reality here, and everything turns out to be even more complicated.