SEVEN HEAVILY ARMED MERCENARIES TOOK OVER AN ISOLATED MOUNTAIN DEPOT. THEY LOCKED THE WITNESSES IN A FREEZING CONCRETE BOX. THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THEY LOCKED THEMSELVES IN WITH MERCER SAMPLE.
Mercer Sample just wanted a bitter cup of black coffee and a warm fire to ride out the bomb cyclone tearing through the Rocky Mountains. But when the blizzard blows the heavy glass doors of the Summit Transit Center open, the lethal storm outside becomes the least of his problems.
Enter Silas Miller: a ruthlessly brilliant heist mastermind. Backed by a tactical assault squad and dragging millions in stolen gold bullion, Miller needs a secure fortress to wait out the weather and ambush an incoming federal vault truck. Miller establishes absolute control, shooting an undercover US Marshal and locking Mercer and the terrified civilian bystanders inside a sub-zero freight locker to freeze to death.
A perfect, seamless transit. Zero witnesses.
But Miller made a fatal miscalculation. Mercer Sample refuses to die in the dark.
Slipping through a rusted floor grate into the pitch-black, frozen underbelly of the transit center, Mercer begins a brutal, silent war. Armed with a heavy survival knife, a stolen handgun, and the unforgiving elements of the mountain, Mercer turns the isolated depot into a lethal hunting ground.
As the temperature plummets and the body count rises, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse unfolds in the smoke and the shadows. With the morning convoy approaching and Miller preparing to burn the building to ash to cover his tracks, Mercer must cross the Iron Divide?a violent threshold where the only rule is survival, and the cold kills just as fast as the bullets.
A razor-sharp, action-packed neo-western thriller blending the brutal, isolated suspense of a locked-room mystery with bone-crunching tactical action.
Perfect for fans of:
- Lee Child (Jack Reacher)
- C.J. Box (Joe Pickett)
- Craig Johnson (Walt Longmire)
- Elmore Leonard & John D. MacDonald
