Rebecca had a great life, a brand new, beautiful, baby boy, a loving husband, and a great job. She had it all. She enjoyed an existence most people only dream about--until early one morning it all came crashing down. S.I.D.S. had taken her son from her. She cursed God, the heavens and all who resided there. How could He do this to her? Her depression so engulfed her, there seemed no end to her sorrow. After months of trying to get Rebecca to see a doctor or therapist, her husband left her. A year after her son's death, she apologized to God and asked for His forgiveness. Her life was forever...

Imagine an offer of sixty thousand dollars, the "Prize of Your Life," and an all expense paid, two-month retreat in Aspen, Colorado. George Russo is invited to participate in a writing competition sponsored by an agency that represents new authors. It is so intriguing and he is so destitute, he had to accept. Lured to Aspen, the contestants instead end up in a ghost town with a preserved hotel on the high-desert prairie. A hundred miles from nowhere, with no communication or transportation, their basic needs have been supplied. Faced with extreme conditions, total strangers must band together...