Edge of Collapse (Edge of Collapse, #1)

by Kyla Stone

COLD. The four basic principles to keeping warm. C—Keep clothing clean. O—Avoid overheating. L—Wear clothes loose and in layers. D—Keep clothing dry.

She leaned her remaining ski pole against her chest and raised three fingers above the horizon line: a trick her father had taught her. Each three-finger segment represented approximately an hour. Still three hours until sundown.

“Alone is a state of mind, nothin’ else. You remember that. So is fear.”