The mountains remember every wrong.When Zebedee Titus rides into the high country above Powder Road, he finds more than snow and silence. A trapper's cabin lies burned to the ground. Two men are dead. And a third has vanished without a trace.Whispers speak of a ruthless outfit staking illegal claim to the mountain passes — driving out trappers, stealing pelts, and killing any man who refuses to bow. But what troubles Zeb most is the mark left behind in the ashes — a brand he's seen before.This isn't just greed.It's vengeance.With winter closing in and the high passes turning deadly, Zeb must track a hardened crew through frozen timber and avalanche country, where one wrong step means burial beneath snow… and one wrong decision means blood on his hands.In the high country, justice burns slow.And sometimes it leaves only ashes behind.