Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5'1" tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat, and owns a half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine--and she needs to be, to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. And throw their worst the wilds have: Kate and Mutt have both been shot
Two thousand people go missing in Alaska every year. When a geologist disappears from the Suulutaq Mine was it deliberate, an accident, or foul play? Native Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak may be the only person who can find out. But now Kate is among the missing herself ...