Summary

John L. Rule, Minneapolis salesman, ventures away from his usual sales route, looking for a junkyard where he hopes to find a part, the last piece needed to complete the rebuild of an old truck. At least that was his goal. Very quickly that changes, becoming not a pleasant pastime fulfilled, but a struggle for his very life. John Rule has stumbled into something altogether sinister and dangerous. What follows is a nerve-wracking, roller-coaster ride of suspense and conflict between an ordinary man and some vicious, seasoned antagonists. John must summon courage and determination he had never had tested before just to stay alive. Set in the rural farmland of Central Minnesota and the prairies of the South Dakota borderland, the story rides the howling winds of a major winter storm over a frightening two-day period to its final, dangerous conclusion.