Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones's
latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against
the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees.
Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their
families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares.
He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite
with a friend -- his first time in winter without his survival-savvy
father, Burt. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides
to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half
desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could.
What he doesn't expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and
the camp occupied by strangers: three men he's horrified to realize have
escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with
no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and
a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on
his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of
control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who
gets to leave the camp alive.