Working on avalanche control in Slovenia, Dr Jaqueline Silver stumbles across a problem with a consignment of explosives.
After raising a complaint with the supplier, her evidence disappears. Jaq is warned, threatened, accused of professional incompetence and suspended. Taking her complaint further, she narrowly escapes death only to be framed for murder. Escaping from police custody, she sets out to find the key to the mystery.
Racing between the snowy slopes of Slovenia and the ghostly ruins of Chernobyl, can she uncover the truth before her time runs out?