At the end of a long high-profile trial, Atlanta prosecutor Mary Crow is going home to North Carolina, and taking her two closest friends with her. The autumn Appalachians are gorgeous, and the women are looking forward to a long weekend away from city life. But the mountains can be equally hazardous, with rugged climbs, impenetrable fogs and treacherous cliffs. Add to the hostile terrain two predators bent on Mary''s destruction. Mitchell Whitman seeks revenge for his brother''s murder conviction while trapper Henry Brank loves to stalk the innocent victims who happen to cross his path. As her vacation turns hellish, Mary must make an awful choice--does she save one friend and lose the other? Or does she put the two of them at risk and rescue the third from undreamed of harm?