Described as "an accomplished writer whose books...are always entertaining",* Dana Stabenow once again captures the icy essence of the Alaskan bush country -- a place haunted by loneliness, mystery, and soul-chilling fear. . . .Banished to a remote posting on the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell has just started to get his life -- and his career -- back on track. His new assistant is proving herself an apt, able investigator, and his perpetually rocky relationship with pilot Wyanet Chouinard is finally going smoothly -- until Wy finds a dead body on one of her frequent mail runs. Was it merely a robbery gone wrong? Liam has his doubts -- the evidence is sketchy, at best. And when more bodies turn up, he must embark on a desperate journey into the heart of this wild, ravaged country -- in search of the terrible, earth-shattering truth....