In the frozen wastelands of the Arctic, a single tea cake stirs memories long buried. Captain James Fitzjames holds the remnant of a world he helped destroy—a world of silk, opium, and bloodshed. As the ice closes in around the Terror, the past returns in the scent of tea leaves once plucked by hands now lost to war and time. What secrets does this simple cake carry? What ghosts will it unleash from the depths of his conscience? In this frozen purgatory, every choice echoes across continents and cultures, forcing a man to confront the atrocities he committed for king and country.