Christmas has brought Matthew Slade many things. Gifts from a loving family. Snow blanketing the Montana mountains. And a heaping help of trouble. When Helena policeman Cody Sims brings news that Chance Robishaw has escaped a well-deserved appointment with the hangman's noose, Slade knows he has to act. Destiny Robishaw's psychotic son knows nothing but a life of theft, murder, and revenge - and Slade's family will be on his short list. Joined by Plenty Buckhorn, a Chippewa brave the young Robishaw's gang beat and left for dead, Slade sets out on a manhunt. A manhunt that will take him and his new partner across the Canadian border and into more danger than they can possibly imagine!