From the back cover: "The Northern Reaches of Talislanta have long been shrouded in mystery. In The Northern Reaches you will discover: * The ways of the Mirin and their sinister cousins the Rasmirin. * The secrets of the Ice Giants of Narandu. * The brutal society of the Ur and their slave races. * The masters of the northern forests: The Jaka. * The lands of the Yrmanian wildmen, the mysterious Malum, and the peculiar Snipes. * New archetypes, equipment, creatures, and more."