When Chukchi Police Chief Nathan Active discovers dirt on the governor
of Alaska, the woman he is appointed to protect, he finds himself in a
precarious position: Expose the truth and risk his job or become
complicit in her dangerous affairs?
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** Nathan Active, the top cop in a swath of Alaskan tundra larger than
fifteen other US states, has been assigned to bodyguard duty for
Alaska's celebrity female governor, Helen Mercer, while her husband runs
the Isignaq, a 400-mile sled-dog race through the Arctic wilderness.
Against his will, Active is suddenly swept into her bizarre family
affairs and outsized political ambitions. And when he connects the death
of a local dog musher to Mercer, her countermoves threaten to ruin the
lives of Active's beloved Grace Palmer and her daughter, Nita. With his
career on the line, Active must outwit the governor and save the people
he cares for most before time runs out.