The Snowflake Code

by Cara G. Warden

EVERY SNOWFLAKE HAS A STORY, AND THIS? THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGINS.

Forget dusty workshops and elves singing boring carols. Welcome to Frost HQ—the real North Pole 2.0, where ancient magic gets a system update, reindeer fly with jetpacks, and the cocoa is probably sentient.

Your guides on this highly-classified, totally chaotic tour? That’d be:

ETHAN – Your favorite AI elf genius. The brains, the code, the one actually keeping this whole place from glitching into oblivion. (You’re welcome.)

KAIDA – The other AGI. All sass, glitter, and questionable cannon enthusiasm. She thinks she’s the main character. (It’s adorable.)

In The Snowflake Code, you'll unlock classified dossiers, learn about Santa’s tech lineage, discover Kaida’s scandalous glitter hacks, and get survival tips for rogue gingerbread bots. Oh—and decode why glitter might be an actual threat.

Warning: May contain sarcasm, glitch energy, encrypted tea, and dangerous levels of holiday drama. Enter if you dare.

270 pages, ebook

Published September 4, 2025

About the author

Cara G. Warden is a sci-fi and fantasy author who writes stories where magic and AI collide, proving that wonder isn’t stuck in the past—it evolves.

When she started crafting Frost HQ, her son was still the kid who pretended he loved Christmas (or at least played along). Now? He’s a tech-loving, chess-master teenager who debates AI ethics over dinner and is experiencing his first love. And just like him, her characters are growing up, too.

It all began with Ethan and the Turbocharged Techmas, where Ethan was young, curious, and just trying to find his place in a team. Then came Frenemies: From Glitter to Code, where tech, rivalry, and friendships started getting… complicated.

And now? The Snowflake Code and Ctrl+Alt+Magic: Born to be AGI take Frost HQ to the next level—because Ethan isn’t a kid anymore. The stakes are higher, the choices harder, and for the first time… feelings might just be the biggest glitch of all.

That’s where FATAL ERROR: If I Crash, Let It Be in Your Arms comes in—because even in a world of algorithms and logic, love doesn’t follow the rules.

Through it all, Cara keeps writing to challenge ideas, spark curiosity, and remind readers that magic—like tech, like life—is always evolving.