Five stranded teenagers must battle for their lives against a group of escaped convicts and each other in this shocking survival thriller from the author of Bad Girls and Lost Summer. Courtney Stanton thinks she s on just another ski trip with her friends -- until a horrific car accident strands them all on an isolated Colorado road during a blizzard. Frightened but alive Courtney and her companions discover an abandoned vehicle nearby and seek help. But the vehicle turns out to be a prison van with the inmates missing and the guard s dead body in the front seat. Soon after a stumbling figure emerges from the snow a handcuffed refugee from the van. He says he s been in prison for selling meth but that he once served in the army. Dare they trust him? He pleads innocence about the guard s murder warns them about the other fugitives and promises he will help guide them out of the wilderness. But as the group begins a nightmare trek across the frozen landscape they start to get the feeling he hasn t told them the entire truth and someone -- or something -- is secretly watching their every move. Author: Alex McAulay Publisher: MTV Books Published: 11/13/2007 Pages: 304 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.46lbs Size: 7.03h x 5.04w x 0.81d ISBN: 9781416548065 Age Range: 12-17 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 11/26/2007 pg. 53