It's 1910. In a cabin in the Arctic Circle, in a place murderously cold and desolate, Sig Andersson is alone, except for the corpse of his father, frozen to death that morning when he fell through the ice on the lake.While Sig sits alone, a stranger knocks at his door, and as his extraordinary story of gold dust and gold lust unwinds, Sig's thoughts turn more and more to his father's prized possession, a Colt revolver, hidden in the storeroom, justwaiting to be used.