Winter on Storn can be deadly... but so can going into cryostasis to withstand the dark and cold. The Group, sworn to protect and preserve the children whose talents have been deemed Unearthly, must escape this winter. To stay means death during Wintersleep. During this Earth-year-long period, everyone is ordered into freeze tubes, but the Group has created a Refuge. They mean to get there and live out the Winter-year with the children in their charge. But, will their Refuge prove adequate? Will they prove adequate? All they can do is try...