While stationed at a research facility in Antarctica, Dylan Alvarez investigates the bizarre murder of a scientist at the South Pole.

It goes without saying that anyone looking for work at the South Pole is trying to escape something. Haunted by a traumatic episode in his past, Dylan Alvarez seeks a fresh start at Sputnik Station, a research facility held up as a model of international cooperation. But when a renowned glaciologist is found murdered and accusations begin to fly, long-buried tensions come to the surface.

Dylan knows that his best friend Maya couldn't have murdered Professor Ariel Zwicky. But who did? Dylan’s investigation quickly becomes a fight for survival set against a microcosm of humanity at the bottom of the world.