A man's search for his missing brother triggers a blood-freezing odyssey into the Alaskan wilds in a terrifying novel by an award-winning master of contemporary horror.

You should not be here . . .

Paul Gallo sees the report on the news- a disheveled loner in the remote hamlet of Dread's Hand, Alaska, calmly admits to the murder of eight hikers and agrees to lead authorities to his victims' graves. It's the same bit of unsettling wilderness where Paul's twin brother, Danny, vanished a year ago.

Assuming that Danny's remains will be among the exhumed bodies, Paul arrives to find Dread's Hand far from welcoming. Locals talk of superstitions, legends, and a devil that steals souls. Wooden crosses, staked in the frozen ground, cordon off the woods to keep what's in there from coming out. Most troubling, no one can explain exactly what happened to Danny.

As Paul searches for answers, the true horrors of Dread's Hand close in around him. The most chilling mystery of all may be how to get out of there alive.