Inside Alaskas biggest national park around the town of Niniltna a goldmining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park areuneasy. But gold ... » 

Inside Alaskas biggest national park around the town of Niniltna a goldmining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park areuneasy. But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce is the refrain ofTalia Macleod the popular Alaskan skiing champ hired by the company to improverelations with the locals and pave the way for the mines expansion...Thenjust as Talia is ready to present her case at town meetings and villagebreakfasts there are two brutal murders including that of a longstandingmine opponent. The investigation falls to Trooper Jim Chopin and as usual hecould use some help from newly elected Niniltna Native Association chairman andparttime P.I. Kate Shugak. But Kate already has her hands full with a seriesof attacks on snowmobilers up the Kanuyaq River and the homicide of Parkvillain Louis Deem. With both cases on the verge of going cold can Kate takethe heat? «