Amanda Brenner

With his high-pressure career drawing to a close, Larry Layton was ready to leave it all behind. He and his wife, Marge, sold their Minnesota home and retreated to a secluded cabin near a remote mountain town in Colorado. As autumn crept in, it carried subtle warnings-brittle winds, early frost-but Larry dismissed them. He believed he was ready for whatever Colorado might throw his way. But he was wrong, and winter was already watching.