Escape into the Blizzard

The blizzard hit the high peaks of the Adirondacks with the fury of an arctic hurricane. By midnight, the wind howled through the granite gorges at sixty miles an hour, driving blinding sheets of white powder against the reinforced glass of Eagle's Crest. Snowdrifts piled four feet deep against the exterior stone walls, burying the gravel roads and knocking out the regional power lines, leaving the estate running on its…