We're in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Alex Price, a Bethel bush pilot, is looking forward to a pleasant evening, maybe catching up with his old friend and former prospecting partner Stan, and Stan's lovely Athabascan wife Angie. But an urgent summons from Stan brings Alex to a local bar and, under his horrified gaze, to Stan's violent death in the explosion of his vehicle. No fool, Alex perceives a possible threat to Angie. And he's right: assassins are moving right behind him. On the run, Alex and Angie share their grief and their fury, engaging in a deadly game of cat and mouse with no idea who is trying to kill them, and why. As they move from Point Barrow to Valdez and back to Fairbanks, striving to avoid any false step, the two friends confront determined criminals and a life darkened by tragedy despite the beauty of the majestic landscape surrounding them. Don Porter, a shrewd and experienced observer, immerses you in it in this, his first novel.