Coming back from a summer corporate event, I was very surprised when the road disappeared from in front of me and the car ended up on a snow-covered clearing—very unfortunately for the executioners, who had disrupted the course of a ritual sacrifice. Getting out of the icy wastelands turned out not to be the hardest problem. Now I need to try to avoid death at the hands of pursuers tracking me down, make peace between two companions who hate each other, help bring a body back to a demonic beauty whose spirit now lives in my head—and, at the same time, I have to maneuver between the interests of two influential local elite groups.