Nina Williams' world shattered in an instant when she and her daughter witnessed her father's brutal murder. Everything in her life became trivial save one - protecting her only child. With the help of a friend, Nina leaves the city in a cloud of terror and heads for Vail Mountain and the safety she prays she will find. Rob Garland has seen his share of the treacherous conditions on the mountains. But even spring floods, summer fires, and hikers lost in winter storms have not prepared him to face the fear in Nina's eyes. There is no beating the odds on this one. The men who are after them won't give up. It's only a matter of time before the truth is revealed and the stakes turn deadly. Can Nina and Rob hold it together when nature and man turn against them?