KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in
Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear
to ear across her throat and owns 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.
WHISPER TO THE BLOOD. A mining company has discovered a rich
mineral deposit in Alaska's enormous Iqaluk Wildlife Refuge.
Politicos see dollar signs for the state, but Ninilta residents, who
live near the proposed site, are split: Will outsiders take the
jobs? Will the environment be harmed by pollution? Will roads
disintegrate . . . tourists invade? As the new chairperson of
Ninilta's Native Association, a job she never wanted, Kate is
embarassingly ill-equipped to handle the questions. Nor is she
prepared when two individuals associated with the company turn up dead.
