Product Description
Set in northern Quebec in 1964, this unusual mystery is the story of Mountie Jack McLain's search for a serial killer--and for a sense of love and belonging--among a people in transition. Pressured by southern headquarters to move on the case, he's hampered by formidable terrain and the misdirections of native culture. In counterpoint the story follows the flight of an oppressed young Inuit woman named Nilliq, with a headstrong shaman, Wallin, who is Jack's chief suspect. In April, 1964, Jack faces renewed pressure from his southern headquarters when a recent death adds to a series of baffling murders. He is aided by two young, educated Inuit: Nancy Inukshuk, his secretary and occasional lover, and Jimmy Natsik, his guide and translator. In a hunting camp on the Hudson Bay coast, eighteen-year-old Nilliq faces an oppressive life under the power of her father, Sandlak. The arrival of Wallin, a handsome hunter and shaman, gives her hope of freedom. The inevitable meeting of Wallin and Sandlak has explosive results that propel Wallin, Nilliq, and Jack into a chase across the dangerous tundra to the Ungava coast. The passage becomes a journey of transformation for all concerned; as Nilliq seeks freedom on her terms, and Jack finds his own brand of justice.
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