She goes in search of Lazarus Jones, a fellow survivor who was struck dead, then simply got up and walked away.

When she finds him he is the opposite -- a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches.The Ice Queen is a nameless woman who makes a wish as an eight-year-old child that ruins her life.

She grows up cold and unfriendly until, as she stands by her kitchen window, she is struck by a bolt of lightning.

She hears of a man called Lazarus Jones, who also survived being struck by lightning, and who is reputed to have a heart and soul made of fire.

They embark on a turbulent love affair whilst trying to hide their secrets: how one became full of fire and the other became made of ice.