IN THE DESOLATE REACHES OF NEVADA, ONE MAN GUARDS A BRUTAL SECRET...AND HE'LL KILL FOR IT. AT A PLUSH MOUNTAIN RETREAT, LIFE IS A PLEASURE. THE PRICE IS MURDER. The Deer Creek Condos are delightfully secluded, an ultra-luxury development nestled in the mountains above Las Vegas's garish, billion-dollar carnival. There are only nine apartments, one to a floor. The owners are rich, successful and cultured, enjoying the finest of everything, with the best security money can buy... Now a violent winter avalanche has trapped them in the wilderness. And the residents of Deer Creek are dying, in fatal accidents that add up to homicide. Only a handful of them are left--neighbors, friends, lovers--and a old, obsessive killer. Someone whose job is death. Someone who knows every way there is to snuff a human life... cover art Ron Barbagallo