On holiday leave from the service, Gabriel McQueen is sent into a brewing ice storm to make sure that his fatherβs distant neighbor, Lolly Helton, who has fallen out of contact, is safe and sound. Itβs a trip that Gabriel would rather not make, given the bitter winter weatherβand the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly. Arriving at Lollyβs home, Gabriel spots strangers through the windowsβone of them packing a weaponβand kicks into combat mode. But once Lolly is rescued, the heatβand the huntβare on. Snowbound, unarmed, and literally under the gun, Gabriel and Lolly must depend on each other to endure the merciless forces of nature and evade the ruthless enemy out in the blackness of the silent nightβand out for their blood.