Warning Signs

The seethe of wind through trees culled him hollow with loneliness. Against the immensity of the mountains, against the unforgiving chill of the air, he felt keenly his smallness, his vulnerability, how easy it would be for something to lift him into its jaws and vanish him.

At 12 years old, Zach admires his father almost as much as he fears him. When Bram takes him on a father-son business ski tri...