Winter's EndWinter's End

It's springtime in Benedict, Alaska, and with the warmer weather comes an unseasonably somber local tradition . . . the annual Death Walk. At the end of each brutal winter, citizens gather downtown and then break into groups to search the community for those who might have somehow gotten stuck at home. Beth Rivers sets off with her friend Orin and dog Gus, toward the cabin of an elderly resident, intending to check on him.