内容简介：
The people living on the outskirts of Bismarck, North Dakota, rarely see a crime worse than petty theft. So when a couple of residents disappear, no one guesses that they were murdered. Five key characters piece together the story. Emilia is on her way north when she becomes stranded and stumbles upon a dilapidated house exhibiting a gruesome sight. Luke is an art dealer whose real passion is snowboarding. He and his friends meet Emilia, and Luke finds himself becoming intrigued by the stranger. Gavin is a basketball player-turned-coach with a guilty secret, and Caleb, a theology student, is tormented by unwarranted visions. The final character, known just as aThe Emperor of Ice Cream, a is the one responsible for the disappearances. What is most horrifying is the pattern he has created to determine his victims. The five charactersa lives become intertwined in a series of events that lead to the shocking truth of who the Emperor really is.