Mary Ventura and Ninth Kingdom

Mary Ventura and Ninth Kingdom
Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like ´guilt, and guilt, and guilt´: these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.
´But what is the ninth kingdom?´ she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. ´It is the kingdom of the frozen will,´ comes the reply. ´There is no going back.´