On holiday leave from the service, Gabriel McQueen is sent into a brewing ice storm to make sure that his father's distant neighbor, Lolly Helton, who has fallen out of contact, is safe and sound. It's a trip that Gabriel would rather not make, given the bitter winter weatherand the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly. Arriving at Lolly's home, Gabriel spots strangers through the windowsone of them packing a weaponand kicks into combat mode. But once Lolly is rescued, the heatand the huntare 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 nightand out for their blood.