Another powerful snowstorm is moving across the country, once again triggering news reports of death and destruction in its wake--a grieving young woman is found dead in the woods; a disabled fireman mysteriously dies in his back yard. But is it Mother Nature taking lives...or something more sinister? For Brad Connerman, a list-making insurance agent whose world is already spiraling downward, the terrifying answer may cost him a friend, along with everything he thought he knew about death and what lies beyond. Meanwhile, AP reporter Micah Roaz searches for the truth in a cross-country journey that will force him to reconcile the ancient myths of his rejected Native American heritage with surprising clues offered by modern science. Both men will soon face their own mortality. And what comes with the snows...