New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, former US
Marshall, Alaskan resident and the author of the latest Tom Clancy Jack
Ryan novels, Marc Cameron thrills readers with the second installment in
his acclaimed Arliss Cutter series. Heroes for our time, Arliss and Lola
are assigned to protect an uncooperative federal judge when he travels
to Stone Cross, a remote and road-less Native village in western
Alaska.
Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter (still carrying his grandfather's Colt
Python revolver) and deputy Lola Teariki are assigned to protect an
uncooperative federal judge when he travels to Stone Cross, a remote and
road-less Native village in western Alaska. The judge has received death
threats but refuses protection. Cutter and Lola travel under the guise
of working a fugitive case--though their real mission is to keep an eye
on the judge.
Winter comes early to this part of Alaska, and though it still seems
like fall in Anchorage, the rivers around Stone Cross are already
beginning to slush, making travel by boat impossible.It is the season
for hunting caribou and moose, major sources of winter food for the
people in this region.
Gun, blades, and blood are everywhere...
The night before Cutter and Lola fly in, a young couple who are
caretakers at a remote fishing lodge eight miles upriver from the
village, are abducted and the handy man is murdered. The body, along
with a mysterious design drawn on the ground in blood, are discovered
shortly after Cutter and Lola arrive in Stone Cross. A heavy fog rolls
in, leaving the village and the fishing lodge cut off until the fog
lifts and/or the river freezes solid enough for travel. Alaska State
Troopers are unable to travel in, and no one can travel out.
Cutter and Lola must find out who is sending death threats to the judge,
and save the missing couple from a man who has already demonstrated that
he's not afraid to kill.Cutter's job would be difficult enough as the
grip of winter settles over this wild place, but everyone in the village
is hiding secrets.
