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2023: A native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska
2023: A native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska
Two thousand people go missing in Alaska every year. They vanish in the middle of mountain footraces, on fishing boats in the Bering Sea, on small planes in the Bush.
Now a geologist known for going walkabout with his rock hammer has disappeared from the Suulutaq Mine in the Park. Was it deliberate? An accident? Foul play? Native Aleut Private Investigator Kate Shugak may be the only person who can find out.
But for the fact that Kate, too, is now among the missing…
The Park in Alaska
Ninilchik
The fictional setting of Niviltna sounds like Ninilchik so that is on the map. The area known as The Park is north of Katalla and around the east of Anchorage.
Real towns of Chitina and the mountain range are roughly where the action takes place. Anchorage features too of course.
The national parks and the barren wastelands are extremely well evoked. Alaska in all its cold, white, remote glory comes to life here.
Destination: Alaska, (The Park) Author/guide: Dana Stabenow Departure Time: 2000s
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