Detective Sergeant Pierce Ryder of the Sydney Homicide Squad is on the hunt for notorious fugitive Gavin Hutton. After years of investigation and numerous dead-ends, the breakthrough that Ryder has been hoping for leads him back to the New South Wales Snowy Mountains on the trail of the suspected killer. Meanwhile, when an injured man bursts into the remote Thredbo lodge managed by Eva Bell, her first instinct is to protect her daughter, Poppy. The terrifying arrival of Jack Walker turns Eva's world upside down, as she tries desperately to shield Poppy from the dangerous consequences of Jack's presence, and what it might mean for their future. With a killer on the loose and the weather closing in, Jack Walker and Ryder are tangled in the same treacherous web-spun across the perilously beautiful Crackenback Range. How far will each man go to protect everything they hold dear?
