Publisher's blurb: An altar of stone steps surrounded by pillars emerges from this frozen lake, fed by many streams. Its shores are steep stone cliffs, decorated with frozen trees and snowy ground. A fallen tree forms a bridge, while sloping stone paths lead down to the lake at separate points. White wildflowers bloom despite the frigid air, and crumbling stone litters the ground. There is slow movement beneath the ice, as if an ancient being dwells there, deep in slumber…