in a land of subzero temperatures and snowcovered vistas survival is a challenge but for the araktakan isolated and mysterious inuit peoplethis harsh tundra is their heritage until now a large mining company has purchased the land and the sacred araktak burial site with it but more than diamond deposits await them under the dark icy earthcontracted by the mining company archaeologist annja creed is to oversee the proper relocation of the burial site her job is to ensure that each ancient relic and all human remains are carefully removed but the sacred ground harbors a terrible secret one that a powerful group of men intend to unleash on an unsuspecting worldunless annja can find a way to stop them