In this enthralling new tale from bestselling author Christopher Golden, one man is drawn into a realm just across the veil from our own, where every captivating myth and fairy tale is true, the vanished existand every fear is founded.Yielding to his father's wishes, Oliver Bascombe abandoned his dream of being an actor and joined the family law firm. Now he will marry a lovely young woman bearing the Bascombe stamp of approval. But on the eve of his wedding, a blizzard sweeps inbringing with it an icy legend who calls into question everything Oliver believes about the world and his place in it. Pursued by a murderous creature who heeds no boundaries, Jack Frost needs Oliver's help to save both himself and his worldan alternate reality slowly being displaced by our own. To help him, Oliver Bascombe, attorney-at-law, will have to become Oliver Bascombe, adventurer, heroand hunted. So begins a magnificent journey where he straddles two realitiesand where, even amid danger, Oliver finds freedom for the very first time.From the Trade Paperback edition.