Five bitter winters since the global collapse. Millions dead, and the winds of late December cry lonely now over the scorched, ragged hide of the American West. Ash has long settled over bones and cracked asphalt, and weeds consume the broken cities. But under the cold, clear skies of Wyoming, a young woman with a predator’s nickname and an adoptive parent’s responsibilities scrapes out a living on the new frontier… and bares her teeth when trouble comes calling. The wasteland is merciless. Frost and famine cull the weak, and roving packs of killers answering to a corrupt local lawman stalk the rest. Lay low and keep a weather eye, has been her motto, until a dying child pushes the stakes too high to turn back. The only medicine’s in the heart of hostile territory, and the only one who can help her get it is a man she’s just met. It’s a desperate gamble. But in this food chain, there’s only predators left. Spider’s never been the kind to push a fight, but when her back’s to the wall and the weight’s on her shoulders, one thing’s for dead certain. If blood’s the price of life, someone’s about to cough up the toll.