Somewhere in her mind an invisible wind moaned and howled. Connie could feel the gooseflesh spring up like a blanket of tiny icicles… The scene is Alaska and young Connie Gilbert has been sent there on assignment. A strange doctor, an ancient Eskimo and a secret map draw her and her friend Tom remorselessly into a century-old tragedy…and Connie is trapped in an icy cave where the cold hand of death reaches out for her.