Marco and Guy Dubois came to Quebec for the silence. What they found was something older than winter.

A week in the Lanaudière wilderness, far from the noise of their lives in the south of France. Erik, their guide, knows this territory better than anyone. But even he has never ventured this far north ? into the zone locals won't name, past the frozen trails that don't appear on any map.

When their snowmobiles break down and the temperature drops below -30°C, survival becomes the only plan. Then, in a village that should have been abandoned decades ago, they find Sylvie. And the mark on the ice. And the sound that has no source.

The cold has ears. And something in the forest has been waiting for them.

A thriller of ice, wilderness, and the unknown ? approximately 54,000 words.