In the spring of 1846 the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping full-color graphic novel format this Deadly Expeditions tale transports readers back in time to follow the Donner Partys disastrous trek west and their struggle to survive.