The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, Book Two)

It’s been three hundred and two years since the last Cataclysm. And then that strange white rotunda amidst the snow, high on the mountaintop, flickering in and out of reality. She’ll survive a little longer.” Veridius’s voice has the hint of a rasp to it. Turn to find at first a few curious onlookers, then more, until finally it feels as though the streets are clogged with upturned faces.