Deputy McPherson's years of wilderness survival did not prepare her for what would follow after the body of a woman was discovered in her district. After all basic survival skills didn't cover how to handle arrogant Interpol agents, French Diplomats and their lethal body guards, not to mention being sold out by your lieutenant. But all of that paled in comparison to the discovery that an animal believed to be a rampaging bear turned out to be a dragon. In pursuit of justice McPherson didn't realize she'd stumbled onto a battle older than time itself. Good and Evil could take a back seat to...

While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. M Jackson, a noted scientist and National Geographic Expert, reveals how these events are deeply intertwined, and how the deterioration of her parents' health was as devastating as the inexorable changing of Earth's climate. Jackson poses a stark question: if losing one's parents is so devastating, how can we survive the destruction of the planet that sustains us? Jackson draws both literal and metaphorical parallels between the degradation of the...