Analgesic Winter

Cassian Adler is a solitary meteorologist manning the winter shift at the Boreas Peak Observatory, a heavily fortified concrete bunker chained to a remote mountain summit. Outside, a lethal Category 5 blizzard rages with 180 mph hurricane-force winds and minus 40-degree temperatures. Stepping outside means instant death.

But the true storm begins in the dead of night when a bloodied, freezing man arrives at the bunker's reinforced steel door. Believing him to be a lost hiker, Cassian lets hi...