In an isolated cabin in an Arctic wilderness, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse - his father, who fell through the ice of the lake and froze to death only hours earlier. Then, a stranger appears outside his door: a huge, bear-like man claiming that Sig's father ran off with his gold - and threatening awful violence if Sig doesn't tell him where it is. Sig knows nothing about the gold, but he does know that there's a loaded Colt revolver hidden in the cabin. But even if Sig can get his hands on it, will he be able to shoot first?