You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world - Antarctica.Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is aU.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found aplace where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace... Until someonecommits a murder in her jurisdiction and that peace is shattered. The murdereris one of five men scattered across the continent, and he has more reason tohide than just the slaying. Several ice samples were taken from the area aroundthe body, and the depth of the drilling signifies something particular wasremoved. Enter Lily Sharpe, who wants to know what was so important anotherman's life had to be taken for it. But are either of the women prepared for thesecrets and betrayals at the core of the situation?