The Return of Korrak. Korrak, #4

It turns out that Korrak wasn't the only one of his species. There were more living in the mountains. They called Korrak the Last-a towering monument to a forgotten age, chained beneath the Obsidian Keep as a novelty for a dying empire. For three centuries, humanity slept soundly, convinced the terror that once scorched their skies had withered to a solitary, docile captive. They were wrong. Deep within the frost-choked peaks of the Spine of Sunder, beneath miles of glacial ice and howling black winds, the mountains are breathing.
Korrak was no relic; he was an exile. High above the clouds, an entire hive of his brutal kin has endured, multiplying in the frozen dark, fed on subterranean magma and an insatiable hatred for the world below. When a foolish band of ruin-seekers shatters a dormant seal in the high passes, they don't find ancient treasure. They awaken a tide of apex predators who view humanity not as conquerors, but as cattle who have grown arrogant in their smallness.
As the first shadow stretches across the northern border, a disgraced captain and a branded blood-mage must race against the winter storm to warn a shattered kingdom: the leviathans are coming down from the ice, and they intend to reclaim their world in fire and bone. Key Elements The Scope: High-concept dark fantasy featuring massive, dormant creatures and ancient monstrous societies. The Atmosphere: Claustrophobic dread shifting into sweeping apocalyptic war; stark contrast between frozen peaks and fiery destruction.
The Protagonists: Flawed, desperate anti-heroes fighting an enemy that views them as collateral damage rather than equal adversaries.